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A wired Village: The Warana Experiment
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E-mail: Warana, Kolhapur District of Maharashtra Unit: Inmarsat
Answer: Primary objective of the Wired Village project is to demonstrate the effective use of information technology infrastructure in the accelerated socioeconomic development of villages around Warana Nagar in the Kolhapur and Sangli districts of the state of Maharashtra.
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Sequence: Assign a number (with decimals) determining the sequence of your question.: Vijayaditya, N. 2000. A Wired Village: The Warana Experiment. Information and Communication Technology in Rural Development, World Bank Institute Map: 2001-12-28 00:00:00
Project has six aims
First, utilize IT to increase the efficiency and productivity of the existing cooperative enterprise by setting up a state-of-the-art computer communication networks; Second, provide agricultural, medical, and educational information to villagers at Facilitation Booths in their villages; Third, provide communication facilities at the booths to link villagers to the Warana cooperative complex; Fourth, bring the world's knowledge at the doorstep of villagers through the Internet via the National Informatics Center Network; Fifth, provide distance education to both primary and higher educational institutes; and Sixth, establish a Geographical Information SYstem (GIS) of the surrounding 70 villages leading to greater transparency in administration especially in matters related to land.
Sugar factory create cooperative society
Warena Nagar, situated on the banks of the Warena river, lies in a green valley about 35 kms from the city of Kolhapur, and about 400 kms from Munbai. The transformation of Warena from a barren to its current prosperous and fertile region began with the setting up of a cooperative sugar factory near the village of Kodoli in 1951. A cooperative movement started from this factory and formed over 25 cooperative society related to sugar, milk and poultry production. The sugar factory has won several awards for its efficiency and productivity and created a paper mill to utilise its waste products, distillery and electricity generation plant. They are designed to look after all the basic needs of the workers, providing living quarters, filtered water, electricity, schools, and cultural centers.
Wiring Infrastructure
With a view to provide complete connectivity to the 70 villages in the Warana region, a three-tier structure was implemented. The main hub center, first tier. The business centers(6) and IT centers (6) at the next level and Facilitation Booths (70) provide connectivity down to the village level. The VSAT and Mast for omni-directional antena of the Wireless LAN (2 Mbps) has been installed on the main hub. A high speed IPA VSAT is connected to a hub for Internet access. The Wireless LAN provide a reliable Internet connection to business centers.A hub has a Web server which is connected by Intranet to all the Facilitation Booths.IT Centers located in six remote villages provide facility for distance aducation, computer assited instruction and access to Indira Gandhi Open University. Facilitation Booths are being set up in 70 villages. They have a dial-up facility to link to the central hub. Villagers can access six applications, providing information about employment, agricultural achemes, government certifications such as ration cards and birth and death certificates, crop information, information on bus and railway services, medical facilities, etc.
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