Expanded PMUY - I
Expanded PMUY (On a GOI assignment) The District assigned was Kokrajhar. Subdistrict Gossaigaon. As per the database, the distributor assigned to me had 49 villages under his purview and 10042 households. Out of approximately 4000, KYCs had been completed. As I studied the location of the cluster of 49 villages I realized that they share a border with Bengal and Bhutan. Two major communities are the inhabitants of that area - the Bodo tribals and Santhals along with some other minor linguistic groups. The distance from my home was 340 Kilometers out of which approximately 60 Kilometers are in poor condition. I visited 16 of the 49 villages and I am sharing my experiences here. The villages were without electricity or any visible sign of development or government presence. A few water supply schemes were there. Interestingly the roads were accessible and better compared to village roads in many parts of Assam. A few villages did have some electric poles – but ele...