Ralegan Siddhi near Morachi Chincholi
Mhalasakant Agritourism Morachi - Chincholi.
Ralegan Siddhi near Morachi Chincholi
Ralegaon Siddhi, is a village located in Ahmadnagar district. It is 83 kilometere away from Pune city. The village is famous for various reasons. Ralegaon Siddhi, is well known as model village. The village has carried out many environmental conservation promgamms such as tree planting, terracing, water conservation and many more. it is nationally recognized village.
Main personality behind the development of Ralegaon Siddhi, as a model village from an ordinary Indian village is Anna Hazare. In 1975, when Anna Hazare, a retired army man, went back to his village in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, he found the village suffering under drought, poverty, debt, and unemployment.
He took it as challenge and worked for his village with enthusiasm and included villagers also in these developmental activities.
He decided to mobilize the people and, with the collective support of all the villagers, he began to introduce changes. He transformed village in to model village with empowering villagers. Indian social activist Anna Hazare, Sarpanch of the village, is accredited to help in the development of the village. He was honored with the Padma Bhushan the third highest civilian award by the Government of India in 1992 for his efforts in transforming this village as a model for other Indian villages. You can plan your visit to Ralegaon Siddhi, and observe the progress of the village. Many students and social activists come here to study the model of development.
