
“Our village has always been an example for others,” says sarpanch Pawar, a masters in commerce from Pune University and a cricketer, who chose to return to Hiwre Bazaar after his education in 1985. “We don’t want to claim that we are doing anything great, but if a small village can do this, and if others can at least follow our model, we can save enough of our foreign currency used for buying fuel.”