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| Villages worth visiting
Sukhomajri and Bunga: These two villages in Haryana have shown the way in managing their natural resources. The local common village land had turned into a wasteland due to overgrazing leading to soil erosion and people were migrating out. But by building check dams and prevention of grazing on forest commons, they have revived the ecology of the village. Contact: Bhikha Ram, Village Bunga, VPO Bunga, Punchkula,Haryana-134204 Tel: 01733-258134 Laporiya: This village located at the edge of the Thar desert with a very minimal average annual rainfall, also suffered droughts and severe water shortages. But then with the help of the village youth, old irrigation tanks were made functional and rainwater was collected from the catchment with innovative methods. The groundwater level, too has improved considerably as a result of rainwater harvesting. Contact: Laxman Singh, Gramin Vikas Navyuvak Mandal, Laporiya, Dudu, Jaipur 303008; Rajasthan; Tel: 01428-24486 / 9828019494 
Ralengaon Siddhi: This once impoverished village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra was transformed into a self-sufficient one with the efforts of Anna Hazare, an armyman who came back to his native village and mobilised the villagers. It started when a percolation tank was made in 1975 and the seven wells below it swelled with water for the first time in the living memory of the people. Contact: S Anna Hazare, Ralegan Siddhi, Ahmednagar-414302 Tel: 02488-40277 Mahudi: This village located in Gujarat attained ‘Jal Swaraj’ or self reliance in water ever since it built a check dam on a seasonal river to harvest water. A village committee comprising of locals takes decisions regarding the usage of water in the village, collectively. Contact: Director, NM Sadguru Water and Development Foundation, PB No. 71; Dahod 389151; Tel: (02673) 222030, 231350; Email: dirsadguru@satyam.net.in Gobar Times invites readers to share and seek information about Green Schools at eeu@cseindia.org or write to Environment Education Unit Centre for Science and Environment, 41, Tughlakabad Insititutional Area, New Delhi-110062
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