Jinjgaon is located at about 25 km from Lok Biradari Prakalp. It’s populated with "Gond" community. It already had a reservoir but it was not deep enough. We decided to make it deeper and increase its storage capacity. Before starting the work, an agreement was asked from Gramsabha. It had following commitments.

1. No Alcohol
2. No Tobacco
3. Save Trees
4. Educate each child
5. No hunting and save wild animals
6. Dispute free village

On receipt of the agreement, the work started on 20^th May 2016. The budget was approximately Rs. 15 lakh. One lakh rupees were collected from the village so they get a sense of ownership. It was completed on 5^th June 2016. Total area covered under water is approximately 4 hectors.

An open well was built which is 32 feet deep and 16 feet in diameter. Overhead tank was also built which is 25 feet & has capacity of 50 thousand liters. A solar pump of 5 Horse Power (HP) pulls water from the well & puts it into the tank.

A tap connection is provided in each house. Jinjgaon has about 100 houses.

We have also built a community hall (Gotul) using ferrowcement technology. No bricks are used in this technique. It’s about 2 thousand square feet in size.

Work Title	Expense Amount (in INR)
Increase depth of reservoir	15 lakh
Well construction	6 lakh
Overhead tank	10 lakh
Pipeline and water connection	10 lakh
Community hall (Gotul)	10 lakh
Solar pump	5 lakh
Chain link fencing for solar panel	15 thousand
Total	56 lakh 15 thousand only

In 2017, entire Gadchiroli district had short rain fall. But, thanks to the work done by Lok Biradari Prakalp, Jinjgaon did not suffer from this problem. The farmers were able to get 100% production inspite of short rain fall. In fact, they are taking multiple crops every year now unlike earlier.

Due to the water supply at doorstep, villagers have started building up toilets at home. As a result, the village is moving to a healthier environment.

We also provided fish seed to start a new business over here. Fish farming was started on commercial level. Lok Biradari Prakalp sent five young people from Jinjgaon to Pune for one-month training on fish harvesting who in turn trained the local villagers. In February 2018, about 100 kg fish was sold every day. Each person had to give a particular part of this income as "Village Income", which was used for betterment of the village.

Health center started by the Prakalp provides facilities like first aid, blood pressure-weight checkup, digital thermometer etc. It's handled by a local person namely Mr. Rajesh Talande, who has received training at Lok Biradari Hospital, Hemalkasa. He visits the Prakalp for a meeting on last day of each month, just like other health care center personnels.

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1.  A well with Solar Panel

2.  Gotul(Community Hall)

3.  Mama Talav (Reservoir)

4.  Pipeline

5.  Water Tank

5.  Fish Farming

Mr. Sitaram Madavi is the protagonist from Jinjgaon. He promotes organic farming and has a library for everyone at his home. It has many books on agriculture. He himself is a farmer and grows up rice using SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method.

He was sent for agriculture study tours by agricultural officer of Bhamragad tahsil and district agricultural officer. He has visited many places such as Hiware Bazar, Ralegan Siddhi and Kerala. He has used all these tours to gain more knowledge about farming. He has developed about 18 "Shet Taley" (farm ponds) with the collaboration of irrigation department, forest department and department of agriculture.

He is computer literate and has uploaded number of agriculture videos. Most of the locals don’t understand Marathi. So, he explains them in regional language i.e. Madia or Gond.

Governor of Maharashtra has honoured him with "Vasant Naik Shetinishtha Puraskar" in 2012. Sahyadri TV channel has also felicitated him.

He followed up with the government for about 6 years regarding the water problems of Jinjgaon. There was no response. The panchayat set up a Sintex water tank but there were no supply pipes. So, it was not usable. He came in contact with Mr. Aniket Amte during one of his followups at government offices. He managed complete cooperation to the Prakalp during all the projects listed above. Even after the successful completion of all projects, he keeps a watch on all of them. Recently, he had a severe health problem due to his diabetic condition. But, it didn’t stop him from monitoring the daily tasks like switching on-off the solar pump. Such tasks are assigned to specific villagers and he supervises them.

He is also very keen about following all conditions from the agreement made with the Prakalp. For "No Alcohol", the village has proposed to sell all "Mahua" to the Prakalp. Regarding education of children, about 17 kids from Jinjgaon are already at Lok Biradari Aashram Shala, Hemalkasa. Every year, 2 kids are sent to Shala.