Date:  Mon Apr 2, 2001 7:34pm
   Subject:  EARTHQUAKE WORK STARTED

   JSCA TO ALL MAHATMA

   REHABILATION WORK HAS BEEN STARTED IN TWO VILLAGES TAKEN CARE BY US.

   1.      AMARNAGAR 
   2.      RAJPAR (PARTIALLY ADOPTED)

   ALSO PLANNING TO ADOPT 2-3 MORE VILLAGES. DUE TO FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES V
   R AMONG VERY FEW WHO HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED WORK. IN OUR AREA V R THE FIRST
   ONE TO START WORK. THERE IS LOT OF TALKS GOING ON BUT NOTHING CONCRETE
   HAPPENS. VILLAGERS R VERY FRUSTRATED ALL OVER. THERE R LOTS OF HINDRANCES
   LIKE

   GOVERNMENT IMPRACTIAL POLICIES
   CASTE BASED POLITICS IN VILLAGES
   INAPPROPRIATE DEMAND OF VILLAGERS
   GENUINE INTENTIONS OF NGOs NOT 100%
   LACK OF DECISIONS ON PART OF VILLAGES AND NGOs

   MANY CHARITABLE INSTITUTION HAVE CHANGED THEIR INITIAL PLAN. THOSE WHO WERE
   GOING TO BUILD HOUSES WILL NOW BUILD SCHOOLS ONLY. THOSE WHO WERE GOING TO
   BUILD SCHOOL NOW DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AS THEY R NOT GETTING ANY CONCRETE
   EVIDENCES. 

   OUR VYAVASTHIS HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE. AMARNAGAR VILLAGERS QUALITY IS VERY
   HIGH. V WILL BE REALLY DOING REHABILATION WORK IN TRUE SENSE. REHABILATION
   IMPLIES LONG TERM. BY ARRANGING FOR AMARNAGAR BOYS EDUCATION THERE WILL BE
   VERY LONG TERM ASSOCIATION BETWEEN OUR INSTITUTION AND VILLAGERS.

   V R NOT ONLY PLANNING FOR RECONSTRUCTING HOUSES. BUT TO IMPROVE THEIR LIFE
   STANDARDS IN ALL ASPECTS. ALSO THINKING OF MAKING THEM ECONOMICALLY STABLE
   AND SELF RELIANT.

   DIMPLE
From:  "dimple mehta" 
   Date:  Wed Mar 21, 2001 9:47am
   Subject:  EARTHQUAKE RELIEF- VILLAGE ADOPTED.

   JSCA TO ALL MAHATMA

   AMARNAGAR,
    A VILLAGE NR. MORBI HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THERE R TOTAL 106 HOUSES. V R GOING
   TO SUPPLY THEM MATERIALS AND LABOUR CHARGES. CONSTRUCTION WILL BE EXECUTED
   BY VILLAGERS UNDER OUR SUPERVISION.  V R ALSO GOING TO BUILD SCHOOL, TEMPLE
   AND OTHER NECESSARY BLDG FOR VILLAGE.
   FOR THEIR ECONOMIC UPLIFTING V WITH EXPERT GUIDANCE WILL INTRODUCE SOME
   SYSTEM FOR WATER RECHARGING, WATER CONSERVATION ETC. THEY HAVE GOT SCHOOL
   FROM STD. 1 TO 7. V HAVE OFFERED THEM TO SEND THEIR BOYS FOR FURTHER STUDY
   TO ADALAJ GURUKUL.

   5 MAIN VILLAGERS HAD CAME PERSONALLY  AT DADA DARSAN AND  ASKED NIRUMA TO
   HELP THEM IN REBUILDING VILLAGE. THERE WAS ALL ROUND AGREEMENT BETWEEN  US
   ON MANY FRONTS LIKE SIZE OF BLDG, TYPE OF BLDG, EXECUTION PLAN, EXTENSION OF
   HOUSES ETC. THEY WERE VERY HAPPY WITH OUR PRINCIPLE OF PURITY. MANY NGOs
   BEFOR US HAD APPROACHED THEM BUT VILLAGERS FOUND THEM BUSINESS MINDED.
   COUPLE OF NGOs HAD OFFERED THEM TO REBUILD THE VILLAGE BUT LAID ONE
   CONDITION THAT WHATEVER GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE WILL COME NGOs WILL TAKE IT.

   SCHOOLS
   3 SCHOOL IN RAJPAR (600 STUDENTS) AND 1 SCHOOL IN AMARANAGAR (150 STUDENTS)
   WILL BE REBUILD BY US. V HAVE FORWARDED OUR APPLICATION TO GOVERNMENT TO
   THIS EFFECT. GOVERNMENT RULES R VERY IMPRACTICAL, THEY R ASKING US TO GIVE
   LEGAL BINDING EVENTHOUGH V R GOING TO SPEND OUR MONEY. DEPENDING ON
   GOVERNMENT CONDITIONS V WILL PROCEED IN REBUILDING SCHOOLS.

   BHUMI PUJAN
   NIRUMA JUST CAME BACK AFTER VISIT OF COUPLE OF VILLAGES IN MORBI AND TOWNS
   OF KUTCH. DID BHUMIPUJAN AT SCHOOLS IN RAJPAR AND AMARNAGAR. SATSANG WITH
   VILLAGERS WAS ALSO KEPT AT AMARNAGAR. 30 OF THEM CAME NEXT DAY AT MORBI FOR
   GNANVIDHI.  SENDING SOME PHOTOS OF BHUMIPUJAN.

   FUTURE PLANS
   1. V R PLANNING TO HELP 250 FAMILIES NR BHUJ BY GIVING THEM HATHSAD (MACHINE
   TO WEAVE WARM SHAWLS, BED SHEET ETC) WITH THIS HELP THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
   GENERATE INCOME FOR YEARS. EACH HATHSAD COST RS. 10000.
   2. V MAY ADOPT ONE MORE VILLAGE ON LINE OF AMARNAGAR.
   3. THERE IS VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE FOR OUR GURUKUL PROJECT. IF V WILL START
   FACILITY THERE WILL BE ENOUGH NO. OF BOYS TO JOIN IN.


   DIMPLE

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