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37 years after ravage, Keshavpura village gets registered

Helping hands After flood washed the village, RSS worked to rebuild it

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The Keshavpura village near Chaksu in Jaipur now has a reason to celebrate, as after 37 long years, the name of the village was registered in the revenue records of the state on October 5, 2018. The village which had been ravaged by floods in 1981 July was re-established by the efforts of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). RSS functionaries gathered to celebrate the happy occasion with villagers. Built as an ideal village, Keshavpura has only one temple and one well, a concept aimed at ending caste discrimination.

The village, then known as Chadel Khurd, was washed away when the water of Dhund river engulfed the village leaving behind devastation in 1981.

"The village was completely destroyed. RSS volunteers worked relentlessly to rebuild the village; they helped construct pucca houses and get the lives of the villagers in order. A beautiful temple and community centre was also constructed in the village," recalled retired school teacher Sitaram Sharma of nearby Birampura village to DNA.

The volunteers initiated donations to the tune of Rs 11 lakh, and readied as many as 64 pucca houses with toilets in a matter of five months. The village was then named Keshavpura, and the then RSS chief Bala Saheb Devras dedicated it to public on 2 April 1982. However, it took 37 years for the village to get registered in the revenue records on 5 October 2018.

"Keshavpura is well planned. The houses built then had toilets. The striking thing about the village is that it has only one temple and only one well for drinking water, which is quite unheard of in villages especially because of the caste problems. But the initiative worked and all communities have been sharing a temple and drinking water from the same well," said Satyanarayan Sharma of Kotkhawda village.

Over 3 Decades

  • The village, then known as Chadel Khurd, had been ravaged by floods in July 1981. 
  • It was renamed as Keshavpura and made open for public to stay on April 2, 1982. 
  • It finally got registered on state revenue records on October 5, 2018.
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