VISHWAKARMA YOJANA: AN APPROACH TOWARDS RURBANISATION - A CASE STUDY ON PALDI VILLAGE, GUJARAT
Keywords:
Rural soul, Infrastructure facilities, Design to delivery, Socioeconomic development, Sustainability.Abstract
The desire of people for better living standards and lifestyle has led to migration from villages to cities. This
can be reduced by providing the required facilities in villages. “Vishwakarma Yojana : An Approach towards
Rurbanisation “ is an initiative taken by Government of Gujarat which is undertaken as a project scheme by Gujarat
Technological University. Rurbanisation refers to development of villages by maintaining the Rural Soul. Paldi village
was selected for this purpose. Under this technoeconomic survey of the village was done and necessary data was
collected, by referring to UDPFI norms Gap analysis was done and required designs was proposed .These designs
include Dairy, Community Hall, Elevated Storage Reservoir, Public Toilet , Rainwater Harvesting, Drinking water pond
for animals.
