The project studied the primary development opportunities in the Lok Sabha constituency of Dadenggre and Jengjal, covering Dadenggre and Rongram blocks. The region faced significant development challenges, including inadequate healthcare facilities, limited livelihood opportunities, weak trade connections, and insufficient access to basic services such as water. Development responses had largely been top-down and piecemeal, addressing issues in isolation from their broader context, resulting in fragmented projects that rarely met local needs holistically.

INDE proposed an alternative development paradigm rooted in community needs while aligning with ongoing and proposed top-down policies and programs for the region. This approach was embedded in the socio-cultural everyday practices of the local population.

After establishing a baseline understanding of the constituency, with a focus on Dadenggre and Jengjal, INDE developed multiple proposals that aimed to foster development without compromising the region’s ecology.