COVER STORY
civil services day pm awards 2013
Excellence in Rural Management and Development in the Challenging Physical Environment of the Sikkim Himalaya
Slashing poverty rate by over half
Project in Brief
Sikkim has no rail or air connectivity. The combination of a
fragile ecosystem, weak geology along with heavy rainfalls has resulted
in frequent natural calamities and road blocks. The project deals with
providing basic infrastructure and services, earthquake resistant
housing, increasing tourism activities and accessibility and development
of the citizens who are living in difficult physical conditions. This
was done by adopting a decentralised planning approach with the help of
multi-sectoral plans at the gram panchayat level under the Village
Development Action Plan (VDAP).Read More
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