Tendulkar Adopted Village Goes Through Complete Transformation

Vijayawada: New Delhi: The village Puttamrajuvari Kandriga in Andhra adopted by Sachin Tendulkar has undergone complete transformation which he declared Open defecation free in a function today.

The legend also distributed cricket bats and sporting kits to children at the newly constructed play ground in the village on the occasion of completion of Phase I of the development.

Tendulkar came forward to adopt Gram Panchayat of Nernoor and habitation of Puttamrajuvari Kandriga in the month of November 2014 under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.

The Nernoor Gram Panchayat comprises three habitations Puttamrajuvari Kandriga, Nernoor and Gollapalli with 627 households and 1895 population. The villagers were mainly engaged in the occupation of horticulture, fisheries, animal husbandry.

The sleepy village which was languishing in the darkness till Tenduljar adopted it, is now lit up with 24x7 power supply. The womenfolk had to walk long distances to get drinking water and today, the village has uninterrupted water supply and every house also has a meter.

The village had dusty mud roads and presently, it boasts of wide and well maintained CC Roads. The village where cleanliness and hygiene were unheard of and open defecation was widely prevalent, is today an ODF village. The village has underground drainage system in place today.

Sachin had taken up several development works at a cost of over Rs 2.78 crore in this village under Gudur mandal in Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district.He inaugurated a community development building and interacted with villagers and officials on the implementation of Swachh Bharat initiatives.

Puttamrajuvari Kandriga was rated as the best village under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana in various parameters fixed by the central government.

Sachin had first visited the village on the same day two years ago and had laid foundation stone for various development works. Incidentally, it was on the same day in 2013 that the legend formally retired from cricket.