Hello. Generally we don't come to know about good things. They are not much acknowledged. Writing this article so that many people come to know about a very good initiative. Chaitramji Pawar! I know him as very close friend of my maternal uncle Dr. Anand Phatak. They also have worked together. When I was studying Baripada, I also had close interactions with him. Chaitramji Pawar- the pioneer of development in "Baripada" hamlet in Dhule district of Maharashtra! In today's language, he is a great rural innovator. And even more common terms, he is super rich with many crores with him! But no, he is not "that type of crorepati!" His wealth is the forest resources of his village and although its value in money is many crores, for them it is invaluable.
Baripada! A small tribal hamlet located near Magi- Tungi peak adjacent to Maharashtra- Gujarat border! Today Baripada in itself has become a peak of international level! But its rise from the valley and darkness is worth knowing and inspiring. Chaitramji is its trailblazer. He is the first generation who got high education in this region. He learned with plenty of difficulties and struggle in those days. He learned in the school and outside also. After completing M. Com around 1990, he started working for development of his village Baripada under the guidance of Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram. He took all good things- come from what direction and implemented those in his villages. Improved farming, forest conservation, water conservation, experiments of rural development and so on. It was in 2005 that Indian Government brought the act for Joint Forest Management. But many years before this, Baripada was doing joint forest management. Over the years they worked extensively on 5 Js- Jungle, Jameen (land), Janawar (animal), Jal (water) and Jan (people).
