Gangadevipalli, a model village in every sense of the term, has finally found its place in the sun as Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao chose it to launch his new prestigious “Grama Jyothy” programme on Monday.

If Grama Jyothy is aimed at ushering in the era of “village-level planning and development” in the entire State, Gangadevipalli has been a living and shining example of this philosophy for decades.

The village under Geesukonda mandal of Warangal district, nearly 170 kms from the State capital, is unlike any other village with all the modern facilities and good infrastructure — including concrete roads in each and every lane and by-lane, piped drinking water supply system with its own water purification plant, and own community cable system apart from schools, primary medical centres — all functioning efficiently.

Declaring full support of his Government to the village, the Chief Minister announced an assistance of `10 crore for various development projects in the village, including a 100 KV power plant and a residential school. For the very few families without homes in the village, the Chief Minister announced a double bedroom and also set the target that Gangadvipalli should be a mosquito-free village.

With near total literacy, voluntary ban on liquor, nearly zero crime rate and healthy sex ratio, the village is already visited by elected representatives from all parts of Telangana and other States to study its model.

As part of the Grama Jyothy programme, the village will be adopted to develop it into a model village. The State has earmarked an amount of `25,000 crore for the programme.

The Chief Minister said, “People here are confident that they can achieve anything on their own. This is commendable”. He lauded the system under which the people of the village had the last words in matters of proposing, planning, sanctioning and executing any public work in the village.

Many other distinctions of Gangadevipalli village are hundred per cent life Insurance cover of each and every family, mmunization, zero child mortality, hundred per cent repayment of agriculture loans, compulsory membership of self0help groups for women of all the families and mandatory participation of each and every household in the participatory process of development through committees.