Gangadharpur Village Unit : Last Month

NSS, IIT Kharagpur expanded its reach in this academic session. The team members of UNIT 7 decided to move beyond our neighbourhood Gopali Gram Panchayat. This was village Gangadharpur, Khelar Gram Panchayat, PO. Benapur. Their service is also available to adjoining village named Shyamraipur. In the words of a young student volunteer, "We felt it very difficult to ride bicycle for 6.5 kms. But after knowing that children in that village go to school (higher) by travelling 5 kms on cycle / foot every day, we felt pity for that."

The team started the work very systematically. Since it was a new village to set foot in, a meeting with villagers were arranged in the village primary school on 29.7.2012. Panchayet Member and Panchayet Officer were very supportive, so were community leaders. Sixty four villagers attended this meeting. Activities were identified. The villagers welcomed IIT students whole-heartedly.

Since then literacy program in village school is going on as a regular activity. Among special activities 100 trees were planted, water of 15 wells were purified. The unit along with other units participated in Independence Day function enthusiastically.

First Meeting