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Ajay Chaturvedi Works to Build a Vedic Village
Ajay Chaturvedi is trying to help the village of Dwara live in a more natural and sustainable way.
He says the village needs to reconnect with its roots.
Over five years, the project has planted more than 500,000 plants and crops, including turmeric, ginger and lemon.
Chaturvedi says he has spent more than Rs two crore on research and development.
He hopes the village can also use solar power and grow food in ways that help the land.
Those parts of the plan have not started yet because money is limited.
Landslides, heavy rain and wild animals can also make the work difficult.
Ajay Chaturvedi is working to make Dwara more natural and sustainable by reviving practices he describes as rooted in Vedic traditions.
Over five years, more than 500,000 medicinal, healing and ecologically valuable plants and crops have been sown.
Chaturvedi says he has invested more than Rs two crore in research and development for the project.
Plans for solar panels, regenerative agriculture, local enterprise and sustainable livelihoods have not yet been implemented.
He says limited funds, landslides, heavy rain and wild animals pose challenges to the project.
- Who
- Ajay Chaturvedi is leading the effort to develop Dwara as a Vedic village.
- What
- A project to restore natural and sustainable practices, including planting ecologically valuable crops and plants.
- Where
- Dwara village, India.
- When
- Plantation work has been underway for five years, according to the article.
- Why
- Chaturvedi says he wanted to reconnect the village with its roots and make its practices work with nature.
Key facts
- Village
- Dwara
- Population
- Nearly 2,000 people
- Plants and crops sown
- More than 500,000 over five years
- Investment
- More than Rs two crore in research and development
- Examples planted
- Turmeric, kadam, ginger and lemon
- Planned but not yet implemented
- Solar panels, regenerative agriculture, local enterprise and sustainable livelihoods
- Challenges cited
- Limited funds, landslides, excessive rain and wild animals
Quotes
Ajay Chaturvedi
Founder and investor leading the Dwara village restoration project
“Why not?! I felt if I didn’t do, nobody else would. I didn’t mind ‘utilizing’ my personal funds for the betterment of a village. The hills is where I belong. I studied at Wharton and Harvard and lived a high-flying western corporate life as a banker. But the hills never quite left me. I returned to where I belonged. So does my work.”
thehansindia.com
“My vision is of a village where natural and sustainable practices once again become part of everyday life, where agriculture, water, energy, health, and livelihoods work with the rhythms of nature rather than against them.”
thehansindia.com
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