Campaign for 1000 new Small Towns

In a democracy change is possible only when citizens aspire it. Due to abominable levels of persistent corruption, people stopped aspiring. We must rekindle hope in average man. Hope that their villages need not be bereft of all prosperity, hope that their children can get quality education in their own village, hope that they do not have to migrate to make a living, hope that they can stay healthy in their own village and hope that they can express themselves. This is the campaign for 1000 new small towns in 1000 Mandals of Andhra Pradesh.

How does the campaign work?

A dedicated group of volunteers travel from potential future town after future town and campaign with the Locals that it takes too little money for the government to completely transform their village into a modern small town. They will reason with the villagers that if they hope for better future, better future is theirs.

The Volunteers will ask the villagers why should they travel 30-40 KM if someone gets a heart attack before they can find proper treatment? Why not there is a super-speciality hospital in a mandal? Why do their children have to migrate to a farther city in want of education when Quality Educational Institutions can be set up in their own Mandal? If crops fail one year, why do the farmers have no alternative self-employment schemes or small scale industry possibilities? Why can not a village be connected to neighbouring villages with roads and transport facilities sothat commerce can prosper. The volunteers will rekindle the hope that all this transformation is possible only if they hope transforming their big village in Mandal into a town.

The volunteers of 1000 New towns Campaign will start dialogue process between Government and villagers by encouraging villagers to write to Government of Andhra Pradesh to spend 1/20000 part of each year budget in their mandal. Is it so unfair request?????? Mandals who constitute 75% of state's population, can't they demand for just a 5% of state income invested in their villages?

Too long has the villagers tolerated negligence. They will find new platform to pitch their feedback to government in Loksatta's 1000 new towns campaign.

The campaign Begins................