3.Gokul Prakalp Pratishthan(Konkan Corridor Project)

Konkan Corridor Project


Total Rural Transformation

by inclusive integrated development

with no change of land ownerships

Ashok Saraf (IIT B 1973), Trustee and founder Director

Science & Technology Park, University of PuneScience & Technology Support for skills development and growth of micro enterprises

Pune, India

Vasant Gangawane, ( IITB 1965, IIMC 1967 , Wharton USA 1968-1972)

Social Work in India since 1972Gokul Prakalp Pratishthan

Panhale(Talluka Lanja) District Ratnagiri


Konkan Corridor Project Total Rural Transformation by inclusive

integrated development

Project location : Kokan , Maharashtra, IndiaRatnagiri and Sindhudurga Districts

Scope: 117 Village clusters

Ratnagiri

SindhudurgaInclusive no change of land ownerships


What is a village cluster?

Area: Approx 15,000 hectares i.e. 10x15 km

Population: ~ 5000 families

Geographically, a cluster shares a water shed.

Administratively, in each cluster Maharashtra state government has one supervisor and four assistants.


What does it mean to urbanize one village cluster?

Construction of approx. 500 hectares of homes and workspaces Afforestation 4500 hectares of afforestation

People:5000 local families 5000 external migrated families

Funding to be mobilized: Approx. Rs. 1000 Crore (~ 200 million USD)

Constraint: no change of land ownerships


What do we need to do to urbanize one village cluster?

Skills Development Intensive agriculture

Farm produce processing Rivers & water conservation

Energy & TransportationIndustry integrated in global supply chain

EducationSelf administration


How will we organize and coordinate the project?

• Semi government and government agencies in the region• Loosely coupled NGOs

– Self Help Microfinance groups coordinated by various support groups, – Farmers Study groups– Vidnyan Gram– Farmer Producer companies– Numerous Micro enterprises– Self Administration Agency created for each cluster – Growth Lab Business incubators, – Agri-tourism cooperatives

• RBH in each cluster – managed by land owners companies – created on Magarpatta model

• Educational institutes – Schools, colleges, – ITI and other educational institutes in the region


Vision, status and action plans

Konkan Corridor Project Total Rural Transformation by inclusive

integrated development


Skills Development in each cluster

• As is:

– Traditional skills are on decline

– Heavy migration to Mumbai / Pune for skills and livelyhood

– Natural resources in region not used

• To be:

– 10,000 persons trained for vocational skills

– Monthly earnings of at least Rs. 10,000

– Managed with skillnet.in web based portal

• Action plan:

– Apprenticeship program

– IT skills for local application


Intensive agriculture in each cluster

• As is:

– Small farms,

– External investors buying land and displacing people

• To be:

– 100 Intensive Integrated farms of 50 Hectares

– managed by farmers groups

– initiated as self help study groups

• Action plan:

– Agriculture supervisors and asistants in each cluster to work with KCP coordinators .


Farm produce processing in each cluster

• As is:– Small scale individual units

• To be:– 100 Farmer Producer companies – Each company associated with a farmer’s

study group

• Action plan:– Registration and support through Business

Incubators – Growth Lab


Water conservation in project area

• As is:– Heavy run off of rain water

• To be:– Assured water supply

• Action plan:– Subsoil water conservation – Check dams for rivers


Rivers in project area

• As is:– approx. 13 rivers which are flooded in rainy

season and dry in summer

• To be:– Rivers flow all year around

• Action plan:– Rivers trained to flow year around


Energy

• As is:

– Low production and utilization

• To be:

– Renewable: Solar , biomass, wind, bio fuels. Tidal, small hydro,

– conventional electricity

– muscle power

• Action plan:

– Small Hydroelectric site to be developed

– PPPP for energy production and distribution


Transportation in each cluster

• As is:

– Interior areas in hill and on sea cost not well developed

– Konkan Rail and highway as main single transportation resource

• To be:

– Heliport to connect with rest of Maharashtra

– Internal transportation with eco-friendly vehicles

– Use of sea and river channels

• Action plan:

– Cluster wise transportation plan

– Integrated plan for west coast with multimodal transportation


Industry in each cluster

• As is:

– Low level of industrialization

• To be:

– Small and Micro enterprises in supply chain

– assembly and services for industrial goods

• Action plan:

– Incubation by “Growth Lab” business incubators

– IT Services and Innovation Park for new focus areas


Science Communication in each cluster

• As is:

– Science Popularization at school level• To be:

– Vidnyan Gram • Formed as Section 25 society• Partners living on campus – Science communication center with 20 hectares

• Action plan:– Identify stakeholders to build Vidnyangram in each

cluster – Establish Prayog Pariwar focused application of

science in identified areas


Self administration

• As is:– Nominal autonomy but high awareness

• To be:– GIS based Self Administration model

• Action plan:– GISDA open source GIS based solution

provided by S&T Park


Knowledge partners

• Science & Technology Park, University of Pune– Science & Technology Support for skills

development and growth of micro enterprises

• IITans and other professionals with the commitment for rural transformation


Progress

• 12th Feb - 18 Feb: Kokan Corridor Week

• 18th Feb - 8th March: Jatha from Dodamarg in south Kokan to Dapoli – meetings and presentations at each Taluka

level

• 14th-15th March: Workshop at Agriculture University Dapoli

• Adoption of Cluster concept for All India implementation by India Leadership Network with 30000 professional members from worldwide , as core program

• Creation of IT HUB concept and


Planned Projects

• IT HUB Launch • Resource Training Workshops at Taluka

Level• Cluster level resource centers • Development Plan Report (DPR)

template preparation for cluster development

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