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2016 मध्ये, जम्मू आणि काश्मीरमधल्या उधमपूर जिल्ह्यातीlल नरसू ब्लॉक मधील चिलडी, किथर आणि नामन या गावांना गुंजची टीम भेट देत होती, जो त्यांच्या मुख्य क्लॉथ फॉर वर्क<\/a> उपक्रमाचा भाग होता. टीमला या गावांपर्यंत पोहोचण्यासाठी आठ किलोमीटरच्या खड्या मार्गावरून प्रवास करावा लागला.<\/p>

हा एक दुर्गम प्रदेश होता, गावे अंदाजे 7,000 फूट उंचीवर होती आणि वर्षातील बराचसा काळ अत्यंत थंड हवामान असणारी होती. त्यांच्याकडे वीज आणि रस्ते यांसारख्या मूलभूत सुविधांचाही अभाव होता. आम्ही वाटले होते की गावकरी रस्त्याची मागणी करतील. पण त्यांना कुस्तीचा आखाडा हवा आहे हे ऐकल्यावर आम्हाला आश्चर्य वाटले.<\/p>

ज्या गावांमध्ये साधा रस्ताही नव्हता, त्यांच्यासाठी कुस्तीच्या आखाड्याचा काय उपयोग? आम्ही गोंधळलो होतो. पण त्यांच्या विचारात स्पष्टता होती: “आमचे मुलगे दिवसभर इथे रिकामे बसून असतात; ते खोऱ्यात होणाऱ्या कुस्तीच्या स्पर्धांमध्ये भाग घेऊ शकत नाहीत.”<\/p>

दंगल (कुस्ती) हा या गावातील एकमेव कमी खर्चाचा, सहज उपलब्ध खेळ आणि मनोरंजनाचे साधन आहे. जून महिन्यातील शिंज<\/a> या दरवर्षी साजरा होणाऱ्या सणादरम्यान स्थानिक गड्डी समुदायातील ही एक महत्त्वाची परंपरा आहे. हा समुदाय डोंगराळ भागातच वाढलेला असल्यामुळे त्यांना ह्या जागेत कसे फिरायचे हे माहीत असल्याने, रस्ता ही तातडीची गरज नाही.<\/p>

अखेरीस, 135 गावकऱ्यांनी चिलडी गावात एक जागा निवडली जिथे मोकळी जमीन होती. अनेक दिवसांच्या अथक प्रयत्नांनी आणि उत्साहाने त्यांनी 40×40 फूट आकाराची दंगलीची जागा तयार केली, सोबतच एक व्यासपीठ आणि प्रेक्षकांसाठी बैठक व्यवस्था देखील केली. त्या वर्षीच्या शिंजमध्ये लोकांनी जो उत्साह दाखवला तो आम्ही पाहिला.<\/p>

विकास क्षेत्रातील व्यावसायिक म्हणून, लोकांना काय हवे आहे यापेक्षा त्यांना कशाची गरज आहे याकडे आमचे लक्ष असते. काश्मीरमधील या अनुभवाने आमच्यासाठी एक विचार पक्का केला कि, आपल्या दृष्टीने उपाय शोधण्याऐवजी, ज्या समुदायासोबत आम्ही काम करतो त्यांच्या दृष्टिकोनाला प्राधान्य देणे अधिक महत्वाचे असते.<\/p>

अंशु गुप्ता हे गुंज या स्वयंसेवी संस्थेचे संस्थापक-संचालक आहेत, जी समाजविकासाचे काम करते.<\/em><\/p>

ह्या मजकुराचे अनुवाद Shabd AI<\/a> ने केले आहे.<\/em><\/em><\/p>

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अधिक माहिती: <\/strong>काश्मीरमधील डोंगराळ गावांमध्ये आपत्ती व्यवस्थापन सुधारण्याची गरज का आहे हे जाणून घेण्यासाठी ही कथा<\/a> वाचा.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":48927,"template":"","categories":[20],"tags":[3702,3709],"series":[],"meta-filter":[],"schema-filter":[743],"no-display":[],"class_list":["post-73339","ground_up_stories","type-ground_up_stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diversity-inclusion","tag-rural-india","tag-social-sector","contributor-anshu-gupta-2","contributor-anshu-gupta","states-jammu-and-kashmir-mr-in","schema-filter-article"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy three villages in Kashmir wanted a wrestling stadium | IDR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A wrestling stadium over a motorable road for hard-to-reach villages doesn't seem like an obvious choice. 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