পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (তৃতীয় খণ্ড).pdf/২৫৪

222 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র by the villagers themselves. The government agencies will assist the village communities to satisfy the recognized needs, by teaching them new skills, when necessary, by improving upon the existing skills, by bringing advanced technical knowledge to bear on the village needs and by obtaining financial assistance from government funds to support and galvanize the voluntary community effort. The leadership must come from the people. It partakes the nature of a movement in which the villagers are in the dominant position and the governmental agencies occupy the subordinate ones. The Community Development Programme is designed to support this voluntary community effort. It consists of a number of schemes each of which falls under one of the following aspects of rural community life. 1. Agriculture (a) animal husbandry; (b) irrigation; (c) reclamation: (d) better seeds (e) fertilizers: (f) other inputs 2. Health and Rural Sanitation (a) Medical facilities (b) Doctors (c) Pure drinking water (d) Cleaner environment 3. Education (a) Adult education (b) Social education 4. Communications (a) Roads (b) Bridges and culverts 5. Rural arts, crafts and industries 6. Housing The initiative for transforming the social and economic life of the rural communities must come from the villagers themselves. Self-awareness, selfexamination, and self-help are the main driving of this movement. It depends entirely on the willing and voluntary and enthusiastic participation by the people. To create congenial conditions for the movement to grow, a group of volunteers who are themselves imbued with the philosophy behind it is essential. There are many young men who are waiting to join the Mukti Bahini, but all of them may not be taken in the