Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organised a socio-economic empirical
survey in village Kahlwan under the able guidance of Principal Prof. Dr. (Mrs.)
Ajay Sareen and with the collaboration of Jalandhar District Administration.
A team of the college comprising of eight members namely Dr. Anjana
Bhatia, Advisor, Mrs. Jyotika Minhas, Incharge, Dr. Baljinder Singh,
Co-Incharge & five students Harshita, Tanisha, Shivani, Preet & Aman of
BSc. (Eco.) – Sem VI conducted the field visit & collected data related to
socio-economic variables. The team visited seventy households of the village
and filled questionnaire covering various aspects like economic status of farmers,
crops grown, land reforms, tenancy cultivation, use of high yielding varieties
of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, status of landless cultivators, literacy,
indebtedness, status of women, cleanliness, infrastructural development and
drug addiction. The role of Panchayat authorities in solving the problems of
people of the village was also examined. The survey team enquired about the
participation of people in all round development of the village. People
belonging to different occupations like farmers, artisans, hired labour, women
& youth discussed their problems with the survey team. The problem of
unemployment was found to be rampant in the village due to which majority of
the youth had migrated to foreign countries. The farmers also shared that the
stray animals were destroying their crops leading to huge losses. The problem
of declining water level & sewerage was also found to be creating economic
& social crisis. The farmers also highlighted the fact that the cost of
production of crops highly exceeded the revenue earned & hence the small
farmers were caught in the vicious circle of debt trap.
During the entire course of survey, the district authorities Sh.
Rahul Sindhu SDM –II Jalandhar, Sh. Varjit Walia, IAS, Smt. Sukhbir Kaur, BDO,
Sh. Pargat Singh, Patwari, Sh. Bhupinder Singh, Sarpanch, Sh. Sukhwinder Singh,
Panchayat Secretary, Sh. Ravinder Goel, APO, provided their valuable
cooperation in making the survey a success. HMV survey team assured the
villagers that the socio-economic report will be sent to the district
administration for resolving the urgent issues faced by the village. Principal
Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Ajay Sareen congratulated & appreciated the endeavor of
the teachers & students in contributing towards the development of the
village community & encouraged them to continue their efforts in serving
the society.
