Vishwakarma Yojana: Phase VIII an Approach Towards Rurbanisation in Palod Village

Vishwakarma Yojana is the project initiated by Government of Gujarat and Gujarat Technological University to develop the clusters/villages of Gujarat state. “It follows the vision of Development of a cluster of villages that preserve and nurture the essence of rural community life with specialize in equity and inclusiveness while not compromising with the facilities appeared to be basically urban in nature, therefore making a cluster of "urban Villages". We were allotted Palod village of Mangrol taluka of Surat district. Palod is a small village having population of 7,698. It is located 30 km away from Surat. The total geographical area of village is 315.28 hectors. There are about 1,821 houses in Palod village. Most of the people of Palod village relate to agricultural activity. Sugarcane, pigeon pea and Rice are the main crops of village. Village has a Panchayat building, Primary School, sub-center. Most of the houses of village have toilet. Nearly 60% of total houses of village are Kutchcha house. There is no community hall in the Palod village so we going to design community hall for the village. There is no library in the village area so, we are going to design a library for the educational purpose. There are people using the old method for the farming so we can give the design of the skill development center so villagers develop the skill through this center. By providing library in the village, it will help students and researchers and other library users to overcome discouragement to information access. We also providing a biogas plant.