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What a perfect vision of a rural village in India - greenery, fecund agriculture, clean air and water, great transportation, rural roads and railways, and a vibrant rural economy as well. One such village is Sakoti Tanda near Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. Also see a lovely green village school compound with the pillars painted with India's national flag's colours. See a large village government school grounds with greenery and open-ness. One approaches the Sakoti Tanda railway line from the Delhi side and then climbs onto a flyover that goes across the train line. The trains head from Delhi to Dehra dun and this is also the NH54 highway that takes one to Deoband and on to Dehradun or towards the Garhwal Himalayan entry at Rishikesh. We used to stop by the old railway line phatak gate with the m