1. Konkan Corridor Project
Total Rural Transformation
by inclusive integrated development
with no change of land ownerships
Vasant Gangawane,
( IITB 1965, IIMC 1967 , Wharton USA 1968-1972)
Social Work in India since 1972
Gokul Prakalp Pratishthan
Panhale(Talluka Lanja)
District Ratnagiri
Ashok Saraf (IIT B 1973),
Trustee and founder Director
Science & Technology Park, University of Pune
Science & Technology Support for skills development and growth of micro enterprises
Pune, India
Konkan Corridor Project

2. Konkan Corridor Project
Total Rural Transformation by inclusive
integrated development
Project location :
Kokan , Maharashtra, India
Ratnagiri and Sindhudurga Districts
Scope:
117 Village clusters
Ratnagiri
Inclusive no change of land ownerships
Sindhudurga
Konkan Corridor Project

3. What is a village cluster?
Area: Approx 15,000 hectares i.e. 10x15 km
Population: ~ 5000 families
Geographically, a cluster shares a water shed.
Administratively, in each cluster Maharashtra state government has
one supervisor and four assistants.
Konkan Corridor Project

4. What does it mean to urbanize one
village cluster?
Construction of approx. 500 hectares of homes and workspaces
Afforestation 4500 hectares of afforestation
People:
5000 local families
5000 external migrated families
Funding to be mobilized: Approx. Rs. 1000 Crore (~ 200 million USD)
Constraint: no change of land ownerships
Konkan Corridor Project

5. What do we need to do to urbanize
one village cluster?
Skills Development
Intensive agriculture
Farm produce processing
Rivers & water conservation
Energy & Transportation
Industry integrated in global supply chain
Education
Self administration
Konkan Corridor Project

6. How will we organize and
coordinate the project?
• Semi government and government agencies in the region
• Loosely coupled NGOs
– Self Help Microfinance groups coordinated by various support groups,
– Farmers Study groups
– Vidnyan Gram
– Farmer Producer companies
– Numerous Micro enterprises
– Self Administration Agency created for each cluster
– Growth Lab Business incubators,
– Agri-tourism cooperatives
• RBH in each cluster
– managed by land owners companies
– created on Magarpatta model
• Educational institutes
– Schools, colleges,
– ITI and other educational institutes in the region
Konkan Corridor Project

7. Konkan Corridor Project
Total Rural Transformation by inclusive
integrated development
Vision, status and action plans
Konkan Corridor Project

8. Skills Development in each
cluster
• As is:
– Traditional skills are on decline
– Heavy migration to Mumbai / Pune for skills and livelyhood
– Natural resources in region not used
• To be:
– 10,000 persons trained for vocational skills
– Monthly earnings of at least Rs. 10,000
– Managed with skillnet.in web based portal
• Action plan:
– Apprenticeship program
– IT skills for local application
Konkan Corridor Project

9. Intensive agriculture in each
cluster
• As is:
– Small farms,
– External investors buying land and displacing people
• To be:
– 100 Intensive Integrated farms of 50 Hectares
– managed by farmers groups
– initiated as self help study groups
• Action plan:
– Agriculture supervisors and asistants in each cluster to
work with KCP coordinators .
Konkan Corridor Project

10. Farm produce processing in each
cluster
• As is:
– Small scale individual units
• To be:
– 100 Farmer Producer companies
– Each company associated with a farmer’s
study group
• Action plan:
– Registration and support through Business
Incubators – Growth Lab
Konkan Corridor Project

11. Water conservation in project
area
• As is:
– Heavy run off of rain water
• To be:
– Assured water supply
• Action plan:
– Subsoil water conservation
– Check dams for rivers
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12. Rivers in project area
• As is:
– approx. 13 rivers which are flooded in rainy
season and dry in summer
• To be:
– Rivers flow all year around
• Action plan:
– Rivers trained to flow year around
Konkan Corridor Project

13. Energy
• As is:
– Low production and utilization
• To be:
– Renewable: Solar , biomass, wind, bio fuels. Tidal, small
hydro,
– conventional electricity
– muscle power
• Action plan:
– Small Hydroelectric site to be developed
– PPPP for energy production and distribution
Konkan Corridor Project

14. Transportation in each cluster
• As is:
– Interior areas in hill and on sea cost not well developed
– Konkan Rail and highway as main single transportation
resource
• To be:
– Heliport to connect with rest of Maharashtra
– Internal transportation with eco-friendly vehicles
– Use of sea and river channels
• Action plan:
– Cluster wise transportation plan
– Integrated plan for west coast with multimodal
transportation
Konkan Corridor Project

15. Industry in each cluster
• As is:
– Low level of industrialization
• To be:
– Small and Micro enterprises in supply chain
– assembly and services for industrial goods
• Action plan:
– Incubation by “Growth Lab” business incubators
– IT Services and Innovation Park for new focus areas
Konkan Corridor Project

16. Science Communication in each
cluster
• As is:
– Science Popularization at school level
• To be:
– Vidnyan Gram
• Formed as Section 25 society
• Partners living on campus
– Science communication center with 20 hectares
• Action plan:
– Identify stakeholders to build Vidnyangram in each
cluster
– Establish Prayog Pariwar focused application of
science in identified areas
Konkan Corridor Project

17. Self administration
• As is:
– Nominal autonomy but high awareness
• To be:
– GIS based Self Administration model
• Action plan:
– GISDA open source GIS based solution
provided by S&T Park
Konkan Corridor Project

18. Knowledge partners
• Science & Technology Park, University of
Pune
– Science & Technology Support for skills
development and growth of micro enterprises
• IITans and other professionals with the
commitment for rural transformation
Konkan Corridor Project

19. Progress
• 12th Feb - 18 Feb: Kokan Corridor Week
• 18th Feb - 8th March: Jatha from
Dodamarg in south Kokan to Dapoli
– meetings and presentations at each Taluka
level
• 14th-15th March: Workshop at Agriculture
University Dapoli
• Adoption of Cluster concept for All India
implementation by India Leadership
Konkan Corridor Project

20. Planned Projects
• IT HUB Launch
• Resource Training Workshops at Taluka
Level
• Cluster level resource centers
• Development Plan Report (DPR)
template preparation for cluster
development
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