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DHALGAON

Dhalganv (pop. 3,112), formerly a village in Miraj taluka, has now been included in the newly formed Kavathe Mahankal mahal. It is a railway station on the Miraj-Kurduvadi route and is known as a centre of trade in sheep and poultry in the rural areas. There is a high school, a sub-centre of the veterinary dispensary, an agricultural demonstration centre, and an industrial co-operative for the manufacture of coarse blankets, receiving aid from the Khadi and Village Industries Commission. Dhalganv has also a Sarvodaya Centre which not only works for the all round uplift of the backward classes in Dhalganv but also of people of 21 other villages which come within its sphere. It was established in May 1958 and has brought about 809.33 hectares (2,000 acres) of land under scientific cultivation. The centre affords every possible help to the agriculturists in respect of leans, manures and insecticides. It has to a great extent encouraged poultry farming and sheep rearing by advancing loans to those who are engaged in this profession. It has established co-operatives in practically all the villages coming within its fold. For water-supply old wells were repaired and new ones sunk. It also repaired quite a few old buildings to conduct primary schools and for office premises for village pancayats. At Dhalganv it runs a balvadi, two vasatigrhas and ten adult literacy classes. It has also arranged for first-aid equipment.

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