10 Most Progressive and Ground-Breaking Villages in India

BENGALURU: When it comes to villages, we all nod our heads about it being dirty and having pathetic drainage conditions. But little do we know that some villages do exist in our country that will set your minds off in out-of-the-box thinking when it comens to technology. Here are some villages every Indian will be proud of, according to holidayiq.com.

The Village with Wifi and CCTV –Punsari

Punsari village, barely 100 km from Ahmedabad, puts most metros to shame and could be a textbook case of development. Closed-circuit cameras, water purifying plants, air-conditioned schools, Wi-Fi, biometric machines—the village has it all. And all of it was done in a matter of eight years, at a cost of a mere 16 crore. The man behind the transformation is its young sarpanch—31-year-old Himanshu Patel.

He is a graduate from North Gujarat University. Mr. Patel had won the panchayat polls in 2006, at the age of 23.

The Village Of Millionaires—Hiware Bazar

Once impoverished and drought-prone, Hiware Bazar in Maharashtra is a shining example of how a visionary leader can use good governance to make degraded areas resource-rich and transform the future of its people through empowerment and inspiration. The village witnessed a turnaround of their fortunes when Popatrao Baguji Pawar won the gram panchayat election and won in 1990. Under his supervision the village has blossomed with a record of 60 millionaires in the village.

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