Tapli rural municipality-5 Tilkechaur of Udaipur is going to be made a 'model Dalit settlement'. On Sunday, Tapli rural municipality organized a program and announced that Tilkechaur Dalit settlement with 54 families will be made a 'model Dalit settlement'.

Dhungraj Bishwakarma, chairman of the rural municipality, said that despite being close to the center of the rural municipality, the slums that are backward economically, socially, educationally and politically will be upgraded to become model settlements.

He said that 11 indicative preparatory work has been started to make a model settlement by improving the economic, social and cultural conditions of the Dalit community of Tilkechaur. It is said that for the construction of a model settlement, courtyards, toilet cleaning, clean drinking water, regular use of soapy water, use of smokeless and technology-oriented stoves, regularity of children in school and direct supervision of parents, regular maintenance and cleaning of roads, gutters, etc.

The goal of the municipality is to emphasize nutritious food and healthy diet, animal husbandry, vegetable farming, fish farming, fruit farming and agricultural products. To build a civilized, harmonious and beautiful Dalit settlement, the plan is to discourage the production, sale, distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages, to focus on I&R using professional skills and technology, to plant trees on vacant and deserted land, and to conduct programs for Dalit rights and empowerment, said Ray's president Vishwakarma. In the initial phase of the

campaign, a drinking water scheme has been conducted with the financial and technical support of Human Rights and Environment Development Center (Hurendek) at a cost of 14 lakhs. From which it is believed that clean drinking water and irrigation facilities for Karesabari will be available in Tilkechaur settlement.