In Jigjeevani in Bijapur district in Karnataka, the NGO staff preferred to have the local landlord as a representative, because his support was considered useful to the NGO for carrying out watershed works in the village. Similarly, influence of the local elite in the election of officeholders was evident in Inderpur, a village in Nainital district with many well-off farmers. The president of the Gram Resources Management Associations (GAREMA), in view of his dominant position in the locality, became the leader of the organization and has continued to hold the position since inception.
In many other villages as well—such as Gajpur, Bhalon, and Dharamgarh in Uttaranchal, to name just a few—the officeholders of the GAREMA came from the local elite. They were local landlords, retired army person- nel, and the like, who became officeholders because of their status in their village. Village-level project staff went along with this as it ensured that they could carry out their activities with the blessings of, or at least without much opposition from, powerful local citizens.
In Jigjeevani in Bijapur district in Karnataka, the NGO staff preferred to have the local landlord as a representative, because his support was considered useful to the NGO for carrying out watershed works in the village. Similarly, influence of the local elite in the election of officeholders was evident in Inderpur, a village in Nainital district with many well-off farmers. The president of the Gram Resources Management Associations (GAREMA), in view of his dominant position in the locality, became the leader of the organization and has continued to hold the position since inception.In many other villages as well—such as Gajpur, Bhalon, and Dharamgarh in Uttaranchal, to name just a few—the officeholders of the GAREMA came from the local elite. They were local landlords, retired army person- nel, and the like, who became officeholders because of their status in their village. Village-level project staff went along with this as it ensured that they could carry out their activities with the blessings of, or at least without much opposition from, powerful local citizens.
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