विकास : राय बरेली या पंजाब / गुजरात मॉडल : Limitation of Rai Barelie Approach

देश के सामने विकास के दो विकल्प है .

१. राय बरेली मॉडल ( सुपर वी आई पी  क्षेत्र)

२. पंजाब या गुजरात मॉडल

राय बरेली क्षेत्र लगभग पचास वर्षों से कांग्रेस की बपौती बना हुआ है . पहले फ़िरोज़ गांधी , फिर इंदिरा गाँधी अब सोनिया गाँधी यहाँ की सांसद है. जनता जागरूक है और उसने इमरजेंसी के बाद इंदिरा गाँधी को चुनाव मैं हराया भी था. आज यह अति विशिष्ट क्षेत्र होने पर २४ घंटे बिजली का हकदार है . अनेकों केन्द्रीय परियोजनाएं यहाँ चल रही है . आने वाले चुनावों को देख कर रैलवे ने एक पहिये बनाने के कारर्खाने का ऐलान कर दिया है. कहीं हवाई  अड्डा खुल रहा तो कहीं फैशन डिजाईन इंस्टिट्यूट . कही केन्द्रीय विद्यालय खुल रहा है तो कहीं नवोदय विद्यालय. पर राय बरेली ऐसा जिद्दी क्षेत्र है कि पचास साल के अनथक प्रयासों के बावजूद भी विकसित होने का नाम ही नहीं ले रहा . आज भी अधिंकाश विकास के मापदंडों पर देश को छोड़ें बल्कि पिछड़े उत्तर प्रदेश के भी सबसे पिछड़े जिलों मैं इसकी गिनती होती है. पूरी कहानी नीचे पढ़ें .

दूसरी और पंजाब या गुजरात के कोने कोने मैं विकास झाया हुआ है. फिरोजपुर जिले मैं हर तरफ लहलहाते खेत हैं . अनेकों अस्पताल नर्सिंग होम हैं . अच्छे  स्कूल हैं, कोलेज हैं लोग ज़मीन के बंटवारे के बजाय  बाहर चले जाते हैं .  हर कोई राय  बरेली के लोगों से ज्यादा कमाता है ज्यादा खता है ,चाहे वह किसान हो ,रेढीवाला वाला हो , नाई  हो या रिक्शा वाला.यहाँ तक की बिहारी मजदूर भी राय बरेली के मजदूर से ज्यादा कमाता है.

असली बात यह है की समन्वय विकास एक बारिश के सामान एक धीमी व् लम्बे समय की प्रक्रिया है. धुप के सामान सब को बराबर गर्मी देती है. बारिश सब को भिगोती है .यही गुजरात मैं पिछले   बारह सालों मैं हुआ है. हर कोई पहले से बेहतर है. . जब खेती की उपज दुगनी होती है तो सब कोई ज्यादा पाता  है. यही गुजरात मैं हो रहा है . हर कोई पहले से बेहतर है चाहे धोबी  हो या कुम्हार. क्यूंकि सरवांगीन विकास की फुहार सब को बराबर पड़ती है वह धर्म या जात के आधार पर बँटवारा नहीं करती . यही हरित क्रांति के समय पंजाब मैं हुआ था . हर कोई उन्नति कर गया.

राय बरेली के वी ई पी मॉडल मैं कुछ सत्ता के पास वाले लोगों को बड़े ठेके मिल जाते हैं , नौकरियां मिल जाती हैं पर सब का विकास नहीं हो पाता  . उसके लिए बहुत प्रयास व् पूँजी की आवश्यकता होती है. यदि हम बीस हज़ार करोड़ के प्रोजेक्ट भी दे दें तो भी सर्वांगीण विकास नहीं हो सकता . गुजरात के विकास की धुप राय बरेली के हीटर से ज्यादा बढ़िया गरम करती है और सबको करती है

राय  बरेली की दुर्गति जानने के लिए नीचे का लेख पढ़ें .

Poor little rich Rae Bareli
RAMENDRA SINGH
Sinse 2012 when it lost all the Assembly seats in its prize Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency, the Congress has spent an
anxious year. It’s evident in Priyanka Gandhi taking direct and personal charge of the constituency for her mother. It’s evident in
the party going all out to keep the ruling Samajwadi Party in good humour to help the seat retain its VIP tag. And, with a surfeit of
announcements since 2004, including some last month, it’s evident in the schemes that have come the way of this small town
located between Lucknow and Allahabad.
Today, its 2 lakh people have a Navodaya Vidyalaya, a Kendriya Vidyalaya, a Krishi Vigyan Kendra, a Footwear Design and
Development Institute, a centre of NIFT and a centre of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, while work is on to set
up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences, the Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University and India’s “first all-woman university”.
Rae Bareli also has a rail coach factory, forged wheel factory and Uttar Pradesh’s first Pravasi Bharatiya office to facilitate its
people going abroad.
Besides, in Uttar Pradesh, Rae Bareli is the only town after the SP strongholds of Etawah, Mainpuri, Kannauj and Azam Khan’s
constituency Rampur to have almost 24X7 power supply—a fact that attracted a rap from the Allahabad High Court recently. In the
court’s words, 24-hour power supply because of “VVIPs and protocol” was “arbitrary, illegal and illogical”. Few VIP seats come
close to Rae Bareli, though.
Although Feroze Gandhi had earlier represented the constituency for two terms, it was in 1967 when Indira Gandhi was elected to
the Lok Sabha from Rae Bareli that it had its first stint with political limelight. After the death of Rajiv Gandhi, who was an MP
from neighbouring Amethi, in 1991, the absence of any person from the Nehru-Gandhi family in electoral politics as well as the
weakening of the Congress at both the state and Centre saw Rae Bareli suffer a dip in its fortunes.
The trend changed in 2004 when Sonia won from Rae Bareli with a huge margin, son Rahul swept Amethi and the Congress came
to power at the Centre. Since then, despite the Congress’s poor performance in UP itself, schemes have been showered on Rae
Bareli at regular intervals. After the largely friendly SP’s ascent to power in 2012, these schemes have picked up pace.
Rail Coach Factory. investment: Rs 1,685 cr
Sonia laid the foundation stone for the factory, the third of its kind in the country manufacturing modern design coaches for the
Railways, in Lalganj in February 2007, weeks before the Assembly elections. Following the intervention of the Allahabad High
Court, the then Mayawati government agreed to give land on lease for 90 years. On January 27, 2009, with the Lok Sabha polls
round the corner, Sonia launched construction of the boundary wall.
In November 2012, Sonia again visited the factory, with the first 18 coaches rolling out in her presence. However, those coaches
were actually built in Kapurthala and brought to Lalganj and furnished here—the furnishing unit is the only facility fully operational
at the factory. Officials say the unit has so far prepared 88 coaches brought from Kapurthala. Now, shells of the first three
coaches to be made here are being developed.
Deputy Chief Project Manager A K Singh says more than Rs 800 crore have been spent on the project till now and that it has
around 1,000 employees. “A total of 5,000 persons will work in the fully operational factory,” he says.
The lack of facilities in the 542-hectare area of the factory, which includes residential quarters, has been a cause for concern. An
official says that as an incentive, the Railways are now giving three advance increments to employees and allowing them the
option of retaining the residential quarters at their previous postings for five years for their families. The Centre has also decided to

start a Kendriya Vidyalaya to make conditions more conducive for employees.
But one of the employees at the furnishing unit, who shifted from Ahmedabad, is disappointed. “I am a non-technical employee
and I am doing the work of a technician because there is no work for me. Transportation is not available and it is tough to get my
daughter to school in Lalganj. What makes me more worried is what will happen to this project if the Congress loses in the next
Lok Sabha elections,” he says.
Singh says such apprehensions are baseless. “Work on the factory started only in 2010 because of the problem in getting land.
It’s just a matter of time and everything will be in place,” he says. The new deadline is December 2014, well after the next general
elections.
Forged wheel factory. investment: Rs 1,000 cr
In December 2012, an MoU was signed between the Indian Railways and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited for setting up a forged
wheel factory. In the Rail Budget speech of 2013-14, the government announced that the factory, the biggest such plant in India,
would be completed within 36 months. The plant would be able to produce 1,00,000 forged wheels every year and generate 500 to
600 jobs.
Railway officials say land for the project has not been identified yet, though some of the land acquired for the rail coach factory
may be used.
Myriad railway projects. Estimated cost: Rs 1,500 cr
From setting up a bottling plant, developing a model station to building an underpass to help people reach an Idgah, the Railways
has eagerly extended a helping hand to Rae Bareli.
The 2013-14 Rail Budget, termed “Rae Bareli budget” by the BJP, proposed making the Rae Bareli-Amethi route a double-track
one, a new line from Faizabad to Lalganj via Rae Bareli and two new trains with stops at Rae Bareli. Earlier, the Railways had
proposed an Unchahar-Amethi railway line and a Rae Bareli-Akbarganj line. Connectivity between Amethi-Shahganj via Sultanpur
is another railway project planned for the area.
NIFT Centre.
investment: Rs 94.22 cr
The centre became operational in August 2007 in a temporary building of ITI Limited. While the institute continues to provide fouryear
degree courses in fashion design, accessory design and leather design from the temporary centre, work on building a
permanent campus has started. The total cost is estimated to be Rs 94.22 crore.
The director of the Rae Bareli NIFT centre, B Bannerjee, says they plan to complete the building by June 2014. Once the
permanent campus is up, four more courses will be introduced. Currently, the institute has about 300 students in three
undergraduate courses.
Footwear Design and Development Institute. investment: Rs 100 cr
The foundation stone for the campus was laid in 2008 in a 10-acre area in Fursatganj by Sonia and Rahul. “The institute, one of
seven FDDI centres across the country, started functioning from 2008. An additional amount of about Rs 50 crore was spent on
an international design theatre and other infrastructure. We have about 600 students for undergraduate and post-graduate
courses. All our graduates have got placements,” says Assistant Director Manoj Agrawal.
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology. investment: Rs 435 cr
Sonia laid the foundation stone for a permanent, 47-acre campus at Jais, about 27 km from Rae Bareli, in February 2008.
However, since then, delays have hit the project. Admitting that the cost would increase, General Manager (Projects) P K Sarkar
says, “The company that was given the contract for construction has abandoned the project.” The institute meanwhile is running

from a leased place in Feroze Gandhi College, providing two undergraduate courses. It is expected to become fully operational by
2015-16, offering seven BTech, six masters degrees, eight MTech/MBA courses and some doctoral programmes.
AIIMS. investment:
Rs 823 cr
At the shut gates of the Nandganj Sihori Sugar Mill, guard Rakesh welcomes every visitor, telling them they are at the right place.
The proposed AIIMS at Rae Bareli is to come up on the land of the sugar mill. Rakesh hopes that he will be able to keep his job.
District Magistrate Amit Gupta says about 100 acres of the mill plus 50 acres from villages would be acquired. An official said the
foundation stone is expected to be laid soon.
Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University. investment: Rs 202 cr
Three tractors are speeding on a tract beside the Fursatganj airfield of the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA), trying
to mow grass that’s about 4 feet tall. An official says work is being done on a priority basis. This is the proposed site of Rajiv
Gandhi National Aviation University, which was recently cleared by the Union Cabinet. “Around 26 acres of IGRUA land will be
used for setting up the university. The government will need to acquire about 150 acres from villagers. However, there has been
little progress on that front till now,” the official says.
The foundation stone of IGRUA had been laid by Rajiv Gandhi back in 1985.
Indira Gandhi National University for Women. investment: Rs 500 cr
The Centre last month approved setting up of “the first university in the country exclusively for women”, located at Rae Bareli. A
Bill in this regard is expected to be introduced in the coming Parliament session. Rae Bareli District Magistrate Amit Gupta says
the project is in its initial stages and a 150-acre plot has been identified in Gurbakhshganj area.
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research. investment: Details awaited
NIPER has been operating from the rented premises of ITI Limited since 2008, but a campus is planned near Bachhrawan. NIPER
Project Director P K Shukla says an area of 50 acres has been identified for the project. The state government has agreed to give
this land free. Other details are still being worked out, Shukla says.
Lucknow-Rae Bareli highway. cost: Rs 600 cr
Work has begun on making the Lucknow-Rae Bareli highway four-lane. Another highway, between Banda and Tanda which
passes through Rae Bareli, is proposed to be made two-lane. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is also working on
constructing a ring road for Rae Bareli at a cost of Rs 220 crore.
Mint Spices Park. investment: Rs 19 cr
The foundation stone of the park, to involve an investment of Rs 19 crore over 11 acres by the Spices Board, was laid by Overseas
Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi in March. He also inaugurated a Pravasi Bharatiya office, which will offer emigration clearance to
workers going abroad and also give certificates to recruiting agents. The park is expected to promote mint and its products.
FM radio station’s foundation stone was laid by Sonia in March this year. Its estimated cost is Rs 11 crore.
ALMOST AT BOTTOM
Rae Bareli ranks among the 10 poorest districts of UP, with 57.78% rural population below poverty line
As per 2011 census:
Literacy rate: Rae Bareli: 69.04%; UP: 69.72%; National: 74.04%

Sex Ratio: Rae Bareli: 941/1,000; UP: 908; National: 947
As per 2007 Human Development Report of UP:
*Rae Bareli in Human Development Index: 0.5230 (55th in 70 districts of UP)
n In Gender Development Index: 0.4899 (51st in 70 districts of UP)
*In Deprivation Index: 68.06 (67th in 70 districts)
‘Nice to feel we belong to VIP seat. But our lives haven’t changed’
While Central largesse has been coming Rae Bareli’s way since 2004, whether these projects have benefited the Congress is
another matter.
In the Assembly elections of 2002, when the Congress won only 25 seats out of 402 it contested in the state, it won three out of
15 in Rae Bareli and Sultanpur districts. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress tally was nine. The 2007 Assembly
elections, which were preceded by the launch of the rail coach factory, did see the Congress improve its tally to 7 out of 15 seats
in Rae Bareli and Sultanpur. However, in the state it went further down, winning only 22.
The 2009 Lok Sabha elections, by which time several projects had been announced for Rae Bareli, saw the Congress win Rae
Bareli, Amethi and Sultanpur. The tally of the party also improved in the state, with 21 Lok Sabha seats. However, in the 2012
Assembly elections, the Congress was almost wiped out from its stronghold and could win only two seats out of 15 in Rae Bareli,
Amethi and Sultanpur.
Less than a kilometre away from the rail coach factory, Naval Kishore (62) opened a shop of kitchen accessories in 2011, hoping
for a surge in customers. “The number of employees is small right now and most of them prefer to go to Rae Bareli town for
shopping. Those who gave their land for the factory are getting jobs and that is the only benefit that local people have got till now,”
he says.
However, Kishore adds, his family has been supporting the Congress and will do so in the next Lok Sabha elections as well.
His son Praveen Kaushal, 32, is not as enamoured. He works at his father’s shop as he could not get a job after graduation. “It
feels good to see people react on hearing that I belong to Rae Bareli, but there is no extraordinary development in the life of
common man,” he says.
Kaushal is willing to concede that the state government may be responsible for this, but is clear that the Congress won’t be
getting his or the family’s vote in the Assembly elections.
Gauri Shankar, 68, who has been running a tailoring shop with his son for the past two decades, says there has been no change
in his life. “Maybe coming generations will benefit but I have not witnessed any betterment,” he says.
BJP leader Girish Narayan Pandey isn’t surprised. The Congress has a habit of winning at least three elections in the name of
one project, he says, without thinking about the future. “They had built a sugar mill once. Now, they are planning to construct an
AIIMS by removing the sugar mill. Who knows what will happen to AIIMS after the election?” he says.