CHAKMA RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

CHAKMA RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Chakma Rural Development Project is a yearly project, which expressively aims to uplift our Chakma society, run by a number of undergraduate Chakma students from Arunachal Pradesh. The lengthy proceedings of the citizenship issue of Chakmas has peeped out as an enervating marathon heralding unexpected responses and people are completely fed up with the prolonged negligence of government so some students have decided to take initiatives to help oneself instead of waiting for others help. This is also aimed at bringing together the present and ex students of Alice Project, who are now splintered in far-flung corner of the country, to unfold their social mindedness before all the cynics who once heaped scorn on the students. The objective of this project will undisputedly be an example for those jobholders who are busy in the stampede to feather own nests and shaping their stature and do not contribute in the uplifting of the community even to a least extent.  This freestanding project keeps itself at an arm length from any political influence. The project does not collect any contribution from the villagers but it works smoothly in collaboration with them, as it desperately needs human resources and physical assistance to make our mission a great success. “We believe in little changes, not in quantum leap” the eloquent motto of the project implies that this strains every nerve to improve the plight of villages in proportion to its efficacy and capability but gradually not overnight. MAJOR OBJECTIVES OF OUR PRIORITISED AGENDA 1.RECONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION Poor road connectivity, considered as a tough impediment to the substantial development of any place, maximizes the actual distance by double. Substandard conditions of the roads aggravate the poor transport, which apparently becomes the stumbling block to any kind of development in the region. In many Chakma rural areas, not least the eight villages of Deban, the conditions of roads are not up to scratch vis-à-vis other parts in Arunachal Pradesh. It has adversely crippled the mercantile relation with the town and villagers are compelled to travel a long obstacles-ridden route for their daily necessities and requirements. In many cases serious patients suffering from endemic malayria and Jaundice, the two nerves-racking diseases epidemic in Deban, die painful deaths in the way being unable to cover the distance between villages to the hospital for the nearest clinic is more than 20 kms far. The lack of smooth roads connectivity has appeared as a curse as it made Deban area an isolated place. In harsh rainy season, with torrential beat of cloudburst posing cataclysmic havoc in the region, the plight of roads perpetuates hindrance for villagers to reach town, abetted by colossal landslides blocking the roads and making them paved. In our agenda, we decided to undertake the renovation of roads as first priority. This will help to bridge a gap between areas and make accessibility into villages expediting the development. That is why we are determined to let the renovation of roads to take precedence over everything.  2. GREEN PRESERVATION- Plethora of articles has been written on this issue but are we sincere enough to save our planet. We are aware of global warming, the unexpected weather change, the symptomatic threat of drought, the prospective ominous natural imbalance and the wanton cataclysms of nature’s fury. Chakmas are relied on agriculture so they have to denude the nearest hills under the compulsion. Through CRDP we plant trees and encourage people to plant trees. This process is contemporaneous with the renovation of roads. To help us please contact:Ajay Kumar Chakma
Tergar Monastery Bodhgaya
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Chakma Rural Development Project BODHISATTA DEBAN, NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK, MIAO, ARUNACHAL PRADESH-792122 crdp143@hotmail.com ajaynickee@gmail.com ajaynickee@yahoo.com Contact no.+918804916094,