Gramayan exhibition showcases richness of villages’ initiatives
Barkha Mathur | tnn | Nov 19, 2018, 03:02 IST
People throng Gramayan Seva Pradarshan at Mundle English Medium School, on SundayNagpur: The four-day Gramayan Seva Pradarshan, an exhibition of projects running in rural areas, is underway at Mundle English Medium School, South Ambazari Road. The exhibition, which opened on Saturday, is displaying various facets of rural social and economic life through 125 stalls.
Organized by Gramayan Pratishthan, it is an initiative to provide a platform to projects which were started and are thriving in rural areas of Vidarbha and a few border villages of Madhya Pradesh.
“This exhibition has two type of participants, the NGOs which are working in villages, and rural producers and entrepreneur who have developed different means of livelihood,” said Anil Sambre, president of the pratishthan. “The thrust areas here are gaurakshan, helping the handicapped, women empowerment and giving a technological push to rural projects,” Sambre added.
The event has been split into three parts. There are the NGOs which are creating awareness about rain water harvesting, bamboo houses and management of cow shelters. Then there are the stalls which are selling various organically grown green products and their by-products and medicinal plants.
On the sides of the expo, there are panel discussions around related subjects. “Today, we had a discussion on creating employment opportunities for women in rural areas by tapping various fields of work like medicine, education and cottage industries,” said Manjusha Rangeet, treasurer of the pratishthan.
Giving details of the panel discussion on management of cow shelters which will take place on Monday at 1.30pm, Sanjay Saraf, secretary, said, “We have undertaken a workshop on making artefacts from cow dung which has been very successful. This event will have a discussion of how a temple in Tekerkhed near Amravati is generating electricity from cow dung and is using bio fuel for preparing food on large scale.”
Nikhil Kusumgar will give inputs on how to economically manage cow shelters and finally there will be a discussion on methods for marketing the products made from cow dung, he added.
The exhibition is drawing crowds to stalls selling furniture made from a water creeper, turmeric tablets, herbal colours and a variety of organic food and products made from them.
Organized by Gramayan Pratishthan, it is an initiative to provide a platform to projects which were started and are thriving in rural areas of Vidarbha and a few border villages of Madhya Pradesh.
“This exhibition has two type of participants, the NGOs which are working in villages, and rural producers and entrepreneur who have developed different means of livelihood,” said Anil Sambre, president of the pratishthan. “The thrust areas here are gaurakshan, helping the handicapped, women empowerment and giving a technological push to rural projects,” Sambre added.
The event has been split into three parts. There are the NGOs which are creating awareness about rain water harvesting, bamboo houses and management of cow shelters. Then there are the stalls which are selling various organically grown green products and their by-products and medicinal plants.
On the sides of the expo, there are panel discussions around related subjects. “Today, we had a discussion on creating employment opportunities for women in rural areas by tapping various fields of work like medicine, education and cottage industries,” said Manjusha Rangeet, treasurer of the pratishthan.
Giving details of the panel discussion on management of cow shelters which will take place on Monday at 1.30pm, Sanjay Saraf, secretary, said, “We have undertaken a workshop on making artefacts from cow dung which has been very successful. This event will have a discussion of how a temple in Tekerkhed near Amravati is generating electricity from cow dung and is using bio fuel for preparing food on large scale.”
Nikhil Kusumgar will give inputs on how to economically manage cow shelters and finally there will be a discussion on methods for marketing the products made from cow dung, he added.
The exhibition is drawing crowds to stalls selling furniture made from a water creeper, turmeric tablets, herbal colours and a variety of organic food and products made from them.
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