31-10-2014, 12:42 PM
Abstracts: The Gujarat Technological University is allotted important and impressive project of Vishwakarma Yojna. It has been encouraging conduct ShodhYatras not only in industrial estates but also in tribal areas to identify the problems, which can be solved through the use of technology. Vishwakarma project provides an excellent opportunity to imagine and design an implementable solution. The first phase project is aimed to study the present status and techno-economic survey of 85 villages in 25 Districts of the state in terms of basic and public amenities, essential commodities, other infrastructural facilities for the need of people and to prepare reports on the adequacy of the available resource with reference to the population of the village and growth of the area. The objective of the project is to prepare a complete road map for rurban Development of the targeted villages. For each of the villages, a development plan is required to be prepared under this project. With the consultation of Local revenue authorities, TDO and DDO the future need of the village keeping to mind the need of days, future targeted population growth, growth of surrounding town or Taluka places etc. A projected development plan of the village is required to be prepared for development of the villages by • Designing Villages as rurban communities • Redesigning spaces to retain and strengthen the community spirit and • Re-imagining the economic structures