Suvarna, one of E-Sevak from the project ‘Strengthening Local Democracy’ (SLD) of PUKAR, has a heart-warming story to share. During one of the capacity building sessions conducted by SLD team in Palghar district, Suvarna, a tribal girl from Bandhan village, not only learned the procurement process of the land records but more importantly, also learned the method to READ IT! After the session, as a part of her homework, she located her own land record and also TAUGHT her family to read it while describing them about its importance. During this process, Suvarna found out, to her dismay that there were many serious omissions in the records that needed to be corrected.
With her newfound knowledge, and continuous guidance from PUKAR Team, she visited the concerned authorities, made required corrections and successfully obtained a new land record.
Now Suvarna has a new a land record which has documented their water-well and all the fruit-bearing trees in their land record document. This has made everyone in her family happy and proud of her. Now, Suvarna can disseminate this knowledge and her experience with the rest of the villagers, thus becoming their champion.
Azad Khayaal: Narratives of Transformation 