how sucesful was the tarun bharat singh movement?

Answer 1

TBS had done a great deal of spade work before deciding upon the water management system which was an important solution to the economic problems of the community.
Other areas where TBS has done very effective work are:

Mobilization of people to stop illegal mining in Sariska Tiger Reserve area.
Creation of Water Parliament for Arvari rivulet.
Joint forest management and Tree plantation.
Improving yields in the agriculture.
Pre-school education.
Child and women welfare.
Created successful awareness within the protected area for tigers and wild life.
The objectives of TBSThe major aims that drive TBS are:
Expansion of social cultural values by setting examples in welfare action.

Energizing human power, especially youth power, to harness energy to value-based work with an orientation to physical labour.

Finding a balance between human and natural resource development.

Initially TBS's work was on crisis management coupled with sensitization of villagers with TBS as a catalyst. Gradually it settled down to a system of problem response activities, and then Gram sabhas having stabilized, it began planning on futuristic basis, evolving out of the needs of the communities.

Thier way of doing things is by business management, tempering with a little humane approach. The members of TBS are scattered in the field leading simple life with the villages, so that they are one with them in their day to day problems and help them in finding indigenous solutions.

The strategies used by TBSThe TBS strengthened by constant contact with the villagers around Bhikampura began to evolve a method of working with the people. Their strategy gradually crystallizes into five themes.

The first was the effort to be a collective one from the villagers in which all would benefit.

The second was that this collective wisdom could be conceived in an atmosphere where informal communication took place.

The third was that all decisions would be strictly enforced.

The fourth was that each person in the collective community would be individually responsible to carry out the tasks.

The fifth was that the community would only use outside help as a catalyst for their guidance.

After discussions with the villagers, they found that they could provide most of the materials required, except technical help. TBS always insisted that in some way or another, the community would have to bear at least 25 percent of the cost of repair, and after they worked out the benefits, the community would always agree.

The Johad as the pivot of developmentTBS had done a great deal of spade work before deciding upon the water management system which was an important solution to the economic problems of the community.

The first step for TBS was creating awareness through informal meetings and the people's observations that the johads had gone out of use, and the villagers needed to take some action. They created an awareness, creation among the villagers, explained them all the pros and cons, before any johad building could be undertaken.


We have full respect for tarun bharat singh movement.