The Gyandoot Project

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The Gyandoot Project
Kiosks have been established in the village
Panchayat Buildings. Information kiosks have dial
up connectivity through local exchanges on
optical fibre or UHF links
Deepak Patel(Gyandoot Kiosk operator in Badji
village)

• The Gyandoot project was launched on January 1,
  2000 with the installation of a low cost rural
  intranet covering 20 village information kiosks
  in five blocks of the district.

(Example of the benefits of the Kiosks to the
rural population) a complaint costing Rs 10
brought drinking water to a tribal hamlet of 39
houses. The villagers previously tried to tell
the local authorities but didnt get any help
for about 6months. To the villagers surprise
their complaint filed through the Kiosks and
within 2 days the pump was repaired