NCERT Book Class 6 Social Science (Civics) Chapter 5 Rural Administration

Chapter 5

Rural There are more than six lakh villages in India.
Taking care of their needs for water, electricity,

Administration road connections, is not a small task. In addition
to this, land records have to be maintained
and conflicts too need to be dealt with. A large
machinery is in place to deal with all this. In
this chapter we will look at the work of two rural
administrative officers in some detail.

Mohan was angry but also a little
frightened. Raghu’s family owned many
fields and besides, his uncle was also
the Sarpanch of the village. But even
so, he plucked up courage and went to
Raghu’s house.
A heated argument followed. Raghu
refused to accept that he had moved
the bund. He called one of his helpers
and they began shouting at Mohan and
beating him up. The neighbours heard
the commotion and rushed to the spot
where Mohan was being beaten up.
They took him away.
He was badly hurt on his head and
hand. He was given first aid by one of
his neighbours. His friend, who also ran
A Quarrel in the Village the village post-office, suggested that

M ohan is a farmer. His family owns they go to the local police station and
a small agricultural field, which file a report. Others were doubtful if this
they have been farming for many was a good idea because they felt they
years. Next to his field is Raghu’s land would waste a lot of money and nothing
which is separated from his by a small would come out of it. Some people said
boundary called a bund. that Raghu’s family would have already
contacted the police station.
One morning Mohan noticed that
Raghu had shifted the bund by a few After much discussion it was
feet. By doing so, he had managed to decided that Mohan would go to the
take over some of Mohan’s land, and police station along with some of the
increased the size of his own field. neighbours who had seen the incident.

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