Vision Document of Dangs District for 2022

1. District Profile

The Dangs, district administrative headquarters are located in Ahwa. The Dangs have an area of 1,764 km² and a population of 2,28,291 as per census 2011. As per the Planning Commission, Dangs is the most economically distressed district out of 640 districts in . Saputara and are important places in this district.

District has 3 talukas. Ahwa, Waghai & Subir. The district has a population density of 129 inhabitants per square kilometre (330/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.44%. The Dangs has a sex ratio of 1007 females for every 1000 males and a literacy rate of 76.8%. In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Dang District as an economically distressed district. Dang District has part of a forest that includes . Main rivers are Purna, Ambika, Khapri and Gira. Saputara is the only Hill station of the state. Its location is 900 meter (2952 ft) above mean sea level.

As a part of "Sankap se Sidhhi", Dangs district presents a vision document after detail interaction & taking inputs from line department officers, elected members, students, professors, NGOs etc.

2. Selected indicators for vision 2022 New India Manthan initiated by Hon'ble Prime Minister invoked a churn among the various stakeholders of the district forward in the direction of inclusive and holistic development the District envisages following way forward.

1. To improve connectivity (mobile, internet, road and public transport).

2. To improve quality of primary education.

3. To improve water availability (drinking and irrigation). 4. To develop Dangs as the Ecotourism District.

5. To make horticulture, mushroom, cultivation, bamboo craft and MFP produce and it value addition as drives of local economy.

6. To make Dangs a Smoke free District by providing LPG gas connections and making the district kerosene free.

7. To increase financial inclusion in the district through increase in banking facilities, ADHAR seeding, BHIM App payments, DBT, digital payment, GST implementation etc.

8. To provide impetus to Subir Taluka for developing infrastructure in health, banking, education, government installation to give equitable development in this region.

9. To improve health indices especially in malnutrition elevation, sickle cell, anemia and maternal mortality rate.

10. To reduce Migration to other areas by providing local employment opportunities, improvement in agricultural productivity and skill development.

11. To improve swatchhata/Sanitation in the District, through public movement.

12. To improve tree cover outside forest area and maintain the green cover in the District.

13. To increase the public outreach of government function ales in District through field visit and inpet.

14. To improve transparency in district administration through the use of GEM, e- tender, E- auctions, e-services and e-grievance redressed.

3. The milestone of vision documents are as under

Sr. Department/ Particulars Current Milestone Re No. Sector Status fixed for mar 2022 ks 1 Revenue Pending "Varasai" 55 % 100 % of land holders Record updating 70 % 100 % Land maps Ujjwala Scheme 30% 100% Widow Pension 90% 100% Old Age Pension 90% 100% 2 Infrastructure Communication 30 % 100% Connectivity BSNL Base Station 14 36 tower in whole district coverd 3 Health Infant Mortality 39/1000 LB 25/1000 LB Rate Maternal Mortality 112/100000 50/100000 Ratio LB LB Sub Health Center 68 90 P.H.C Center 10 14 API Malaria 0.51 00 Anemia 81.52% <40% Rate(Mothers) PHC Joint With 05 14 Internet (Digitalization) Fully Immunization 86% 100% Institutional 74% 100% Delivery Leprosy PR 3.25 <1.0 TB success Rate 90% 100%

4. Education School up gradation A+, A-104 All 378 B-233 schools C-59 brings in D-7 A grade Drop out 3.75% 0.00 % Literacy Rate Female-67.38 Female- Male-83.06 80.00 Av.-75.16 Male-90.00 Ave.-85.00 Pragna Schools 263 378 Rooms Shortfall 144 All are Sanitations shortfall 22 provided E-content by use of 8 % 100% virtual & smart class room Admission in 85-90% 100% Secondary school who pass in primary school SSC Result 56.55 % 80% HSC Result 60.87 % 90% Self defense training 22 schools 66 All (Only Govt. school & all school) girl students e-board and e-learning 14% 100% facilities in govt. school Shortfall of higher 60% 100% secondary school class rooms Grading of secondary A-50% A grade & higher secondary B-50% 100% schools C-24% D-28% E-24% Drop out ration of 9% 0% secondary and higher secondary schools

5 Woman & Suffering from 17 % 0 % Child malnutrition -children Development ADHAR seeding 0-5 65 % 100 % year child Anganwadi available 381 441 buildings 6 Road Road 637 KM 603.00 Km All and Resurfacing constructed up to 2022 on or before buildings by 2022 buildings no. of All buildings constructed work 314 on or before by 2022 Causeway converted 32 All are in to Pull converted in to bridge High rise pool -2 No. of All 2 constructed on or before by 2022 widening of ODR 67 km Resurfacing of Road 603.00 km 7 Irrigation Check dam/ponds- 1142 1217 Existing big check - 72 dam strengthening Lift irrigation scheme 261 301 Community well 284 538 Area covered under 9324 ha. 16628 ha. irrigation Irrigated Area 18396 ha. 35000 ha. Big check Dams 1201 ha. 1273 ha. Area covered 8 Agriculture, organic 948 farmers 11625 Horticulture farming Area-379.2 farmers , Land (100%) adopted farmers ha. conservation 56999.8 ha. and

Mushroom cultivation 50 1500 women farmers 9 Animal Foot and mouth 72,000 1,00,000 Husbandry disease vaccination HS disease 36,000 60,000 vaccination Sexual Health camp 35 100 and surgical operation camps. Coverage of 100% AI 8000 15000 activity. 10 Poverty Elevation Employment Employment provided 1944 3444 generation to registered (56.44 %) (100 %) unemployed Job card holder 45052 family All (51325) and 101356 postal labors. accounts are shifted to Bank Ac. holder 29597 bank account postal Ac. holder 51325 with 7848 Jt. Bank Ac. holder ADHAR Jt. postal Ac. holder 15632 linkage All Joint Ac. are targeted to convert in individual accounts SHGs (Active) 1700 3500 11 Sanitation Toilets 30417 45000 12 Tourism No. of Places 6 13 13 Forest and To increase tree 52 ha. 75 ha. Environment outside forest area through agro forestry schemes To develop eco- 5 sites 15 sites tourism infrastructure To augment livelihood 0 100% of FRA beneficiaries through peripheral boundary plantation Increase in Bamboo 500 ha/Yr. 1000 ha/yr. plantation in forest and non forest area Bamboo community 1 4 facility center and Entrepreneur facility center for products of SHGs 14 Drinking Group water supply 145 villages 310 villages water scheme Water connection up 33862 44505 to house (76.09%) (100 %) 15 Electricity & No. of Village's 311 311 (100%) power No. of 2200 4500 AG connections 66 KV sub station 5 10 Aerial Bunch 106 205 Conductor Village New Transformer - 40 Village 16 GST Merchant Register 288 500

17 Digital Paytm, ATM, Bhim 35% 100% Payment app, Mobile App, etc 18 ADHAR No. of beneficiaries 80% 100% Linking 19 Awas No. of Awas 12328 19000

4. The resolve:-

The above vision statement is not merely a statement. The District administration take this as a resolve on the lines of the Prime Minister's call of 'karenge aur karke rahenge' the District administration in confident that with achievement of the targets decided in the document will surely improve the life of the citizens of Dangs District.