Is progress necessarily beneficial for society?

Is progress necessarily beneficial for society? I don't think so. I feel that progress can be either beneficial or detrimental to the society. There are times when the society start to progess but it does not work out and it causes harm to the society. For example, in "Village by the Sea", They decided to bulid a fertilizer factory in the village of Thul. But jobs would not be given to the villagers of Thul as they do not know much about fertilizers. The land used by the villagers for farming would also be used to build the factory. Thus, the villagers, like Hari, would have to find work in the city, or try to adapt to the change, which is not very easy in my opinion.
Another example is Biju's boat. It signals the progress of the society in the village. Technology is getting more advanced and this would help catch more fishes.from these two examples, we can conclude that progress is not necessarily beneficial for society.