The Young Gujarati Sarpanch

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From No Electricity to WiFi and CCTV: How One Man Transformed This Gujarat Village

Punsari village, barely 100 km from Ahmedabad, could be a textbook case of development. Closed-circuit cameras, water purifying plants, air-conditioned schools, Wi-Fi, biometric machines - the village has it all. And all of it was done in a matter of eight years, at a cost of a mere Rs 16 crore.

The man behind the transformation is its young sarpanch - 31-year-old Himanshu Patel. A graduate from North Gujarat University, Mr Patel had won the panchayat polls in 2006, at the age of 23. 

Today he stands with the following achievements

-Schools are airconditioned, equipped with CCTV cameras and digital technology is used to impart education.

-There is a 66 KV sub-station that supplies power to the village. 

-The villagers are given accidental cover of Rs 1,00,000 and medi-claim cover of up to Rs 25,000.

-A 20-litre can of clean drinking water can be availed for just Rs4!

-All the people of the village are provided with a 24 hour Wi-Fi facility.!

-Mini-buses are used for transport purpose within the village. The panchayat has started a bus facility called the Atal Express for women which is used for the import of milk

You can read more on
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punsari