Pallaguttapalle- setting a precedent with its entrepreneurial journey
Migration of people from villages to urban and suburban areas with dreams of making a living and dreams of a better life has created more disorganised growth and chaos than the cities and towns could ever handle. Studies, scholarly articles and everyday press reports abound to indicate this. The distress of migrant workers in urban areas during the pandemic has forced even those cocooned in luxury to acknowledge the doom of urban cluttering and the lack of infrastructure that continues to plague rural India. To find a remedy to this would mean we could initiate a process of homogenous growth, but this still seems to be a long shot. And so in a world where pucca roads are non-existent and land almost non-cultivable, a group of 9 enterprising women are setting a new precedent in growth in the most unexpected circumstances. Pallaguttapalle is a village that does not find mention in many maps but is today a popular brand name on the lips of many. For the people of Pallaguttapalle in...