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Friday, 28 March 2008 |
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Sustainability of Villages:
Punjab’s is the land of Five rivers and dominated by the village character and culture.Over the borad agriculture landscape the role of villages in the provision of the food to the vast INDIAN population is very important.
There is need to understand the sustainability of villages. The village is one of the oldest form of human settlement is most sustainable. The challenge and question to its sustainability is on the urban areas. There urban areas had mitigated the rural settlements.
Villages are not on agenda for Present Government:  cuse and contributes 37% to the total GDP of state. The state’s economy is sensitive to the activities in urban areas. Punjab: Land of Rivers—Where is Country Planning? But is there any plan or guideline to develop village or rural economies. There is need to develop suitable model of development for rural areas. Is spending crores of rupees on infrastructure will up-lift the economic status of rural poor people?The answer is not easy and planner needs to develop strategy for the holistic development of rural areas.
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