Model Village Survey

Village is a small community or group of houses in a rural area. Regrettably, the condition of the Indian villages is not good. There is inadequate arrangement for the treatment of the sick. There are insufficient facilities for educating the masses. The bulk of the people in Indian villages are illiterate and ignorant. There is dirt all over in the village. They don’t have good facilities like proper house, proper toilets , proper road and many more.

Students asking villagers about their sanitation facilities

Keeping these things in mind, NSS IIT Roorkee Model Village cell students decided to visit a small village  Bhangedi near IIT. The main motto of this cell was to make a survey about toilet facilities in every house of the village. Besides this, they will run classes every Sunday to provide free education to children from class 1-10 .All the students reported near Rajiv bhawan at 10am. It was the 1st time when 1st year students where going and so everyone where excited and determined to do their work. All students went to the village on bicycle. The touch of village could be felt as we could see poor road with no proper sanitation and drainage facilities. Everyone was overwhelmed with grief seeing those conditions. After parking their cycle, their works were handsomely distributed by their leader Prem bhargav and according to his plan they would cover each and every house. Students were divided into groups with each group having 6-7 students.

Students observing the issues faced by villagers

Students knocked at every house. Few people were getting paranoid but students politely asked their problem and discussed their plan of providing free toilets in every house. People got impressed with their strategies and patiently discussed their problem. Sadly, there were many houses with no toilets. They also promised to improve the condition of existing toilets. Students noted down their name, address and problems. Students discussed about free education and all parents agreed to allow their children for joining the classes. Even though few villagers where rude, students patiently and kindly presented their plans to them and asked their problem. Some where not willing to give their detail gave but after peaceful conversation they agreed to give their detail. Everyone was glad to see smile on the face of villagers. Inspite of their poor condition, villagers asked us water and tea. What a kind gesture! After 2 hours of hard work in such a hot weather, the work was over. Every student was feeling sad and wanted to change the condition of the village. They were happy as they were the part of such a great cell where they can stay with these poor people, understand their problem and try their best to improve there problem. Seeing the determination of students of this cell, surely a change will be visible in that small village in few days.