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Sewajyoti’s associate organization, Narbada Devi
Morarka Charitable Trust has been running developmental activities in
the Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh for more than 17 years now. The
trust has adopted a village ‘Rajjupura’ where it has been conducting
activities related with rural development. After the trust came into
picture, the village life started to change as the organization gave a
strong push to infrastructure development inside Rajjupura and in its
vicinity. Today, with better roads, basic amenities, street lights,
proper water drainage system, and renovated school buildings, Rajjupura
is a not the same as it used to be a decade ago.
Narbada Devi Morarka Charitable Trust and its
associated organizations, with the help of Dwarikesh Sugar Industries
Limited, laid concrete roads inside the village surrounded by channels
for drainage of water which earlier used to be collected everywhere in
the village generating an unhealthy and filthy atmosphere. The
organization made arrangements for street lighting throughout the
village. It got the village wells cleaned with active cooperation of the
villagers. Abandoned wells were revived and hand pumps were erected
solving the problem of drinking water. Villagers were trained for better
upkeep of their water resources.
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trust also renovated many buildings and restored those that were left
unusable. These included the primary school and the dharmashala used by
the dalit community. Public service projects undertaken by the villagers
also received financial help and active support from the trust.
In year 2006, when the administration of local
junior girls high school decided to construct a boundary wall, the trust
readily provided an amount of Rs. 90,000 needed for its construction. A
gate was also constructed at the school.
Narbada Devi Morarka Charitable Trust also spent Rs.
35,000 on repair of channels and roads near the primary school. All the
experience we gained in Rajjupura was proved priceless later when
Sewajyoti adopted a village Badwasi in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan.
A sewing and cutting training centre has been established in the village
where hundreds of women have received free training. Some of them have
also started their own work. Development work has
also been undertaken by Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Limited in and around
Dwarikesh Nagar (Bundki, near Najibabad, Bijnor) where the organisation
has developed a network of roads and has carried out large scale
forestation work. The company is also running Farmers Service Centres in
the area where thousands of farmers are getting information, training,
seeds and equipment to increase production and improve the quality of
their produce. Under a scheme of NABARD, 10 farmers clubs have been
constituted providing them a platform to raise their issues. Dwarikesh'
Sugarcane Research Centre is also helping them in using modern farming
methodologies, getting high quality seeds and increasing their
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- Shri Radheshyam R Morarka Govt. Post Graduate College
building was constructed in Jhunjhunu in a record time. It was dedicated to the people in 2006.
- The college building was constructed by Sewajyoti at a cost of
Rs. 2.45 crore.
- Expansion of the college building took place in 2010 at a cost of
Rs. 53 lacs.
- Sh.
Radheshyam Morarka Memorial Government Bus Terminal, Jhunjhunu was
developed at a total cost of Rs. 1.05 crores.
- The
Bus terminal was inaugurated on April 21, 2011.
- Radheshyam
Morarka Medical Institute (RMMI) was inaugurated in 2006. It is a
modern 32 bed hospital equipped with state of the art technology.
- As
demand rose, capacity of RMMI had to be expanded, and four new
cottage wards were added.
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