Just drive half hour from Chennai to see what a village can be

  • 05/06/2003

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)

About 30 km from Chennai in Tiruvallur district, the predominantly Dalit village of Kuthambakkam is a text-book example of what Gram Swaraj can do to make sustainable development meaningful with the help of technology. A model of sustainable development, village has harnessed water, eradicated poverty, done away with huts. President APJ Abdul Kalam has described this village as the signpost for modern India. It's one of the very few villages that has a website