India's rural roads program brings villages closer

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00:16 Not so long ago,

00:18 if someone fell ill in this village,

00:20 they had to be carried on a camel cart to the nearest hospital,

00:23 some 20 kilometers away.

00:26 Ever since the road has been built,

00:28 ambulances now come directly to people's doorsteps.

00:41 Every afternoon,

00:42 this government health and nutrition worker reaches

00:45 the village to read to preschool children,

00:48 serve them hot meals,

00:49 and generally check on their growth and progress.

00:55 With the building of the road,

00:56 the older children can now ride the bus to schools farther away.

01:01 In a state with low literacy,

01:03 this means that more children from remote villages are now getting an education.

01:17 Since the launch of India's flagship national rural Roads Program two decades ago,

01:23 the country's vast network of villages

01:25 has begun to be connected with the mainstream.

01:28 In villages across the country,

01:31 access to health and education services has increased significantly.

01:35 Young men and women can easily commute to jobs in towns and cities.

01:41 And farmers can take their produce to larger

01:43 markets where they fetch a better price.

01:49 In this remote village in the mountain state of Meghalaya,

01:52 farmers sometimes walked for miles to the nearest market,

01:56 carrying sacks of bananas on their backs.

01:59 Ever since the village road has been built,

02:01 they load their produce onto the vans to reach Asia's largest banana market,

02:05 10 kilometers away.

02:08 Nook.

02:22 The roads have opened up new

02:23 livelihood opportunities for people living in villages

02:27 in the low income state of Jharkhand.

02:29 Villagers can now travel to factories in

02:32 industrial towns where they earn higher wages.

02:50 Women have been able to set up small businesses

03:06 The rural roads program has involved communities at every stage.

03:11 For instance,

03:12 before a road is built in a village,

03:14 the community conducts a transect walk through the village

03:17 to determine the route a road should take.

03:20 The villagers also monitor the procurement

03:22 of materials and the quality of construction

03:24 as the road is built.

03:42 Across the country,

03:44 villagers believe these roads have brought them into the national mainstream,

03:48 enabling them to be a part of India's ongoing development.

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Not so long ago, if someone fell ill in this village, they had to be carried on a camel cart to the nearest hospital, some 20 kilometers away. Ever since the road has been built, ambulances now come directly to people's doorsteps. Every afternoon, this government health and nutrition worker reaches the village to read to preschool children, serve them hot meals, and generally check on their growth and progress. With the building of the road, the older children can now ride the bus to schools farther away. In a state with low literacy, this means that more children from remote villages are now getting an education. Since the launch of India's flagship national rural Roads Program two decades ago, the country's vast network of villages has begun to be connected with the mainstream. In villages across the country, access to health and education services has increased significantly. Young men and women can easily commute to jobs in towns and cities. And farmers can take their produce to larger markets where they fetch a better price. In this remote village in the mountain state of Meghalaya, farmers sometimes walked for miles to the nearest market, carrying sacks of bananas on their backs. Ever since the village road has been built, they load their produce onto the vans to reach Asia's largest banana market, 10 kilometers away. Nook. The roads have opened up new livelihood opportunities for people living in villages in the low income state of Jharkhand. Villagers can now travel to factories in industrial towns where they earn higher wages. Women have been able to set up small businesses The rural roads program has involved communities at every stage. For instance, before a road is built in a village, the community conducts a transect walk through the village to determine the route a road should take. The villagers also monitor the procurement of materials and the quality of construction as the road is built. Across the country, villagers believe these roads have brought them into the national mainstream, enabling them to be a part of India's ongoing development.

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