Activity Update February 2018: Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve

Highlights:

Our staff join the Forest Department on patrol inside the park

Our volunteers cleaning a waterhole in the jungle

Conservation Officer Mukund Dhurve conducting a nature conservation
awareness class at Kuradi

Wildlife film screening at Pindpekar

Pongezara - plastic litter collected during a clean-up drive

Plastic litter clean-up drive in Sodlagondi

Cleaning the area around a hand pump, Thadezari

THE FULL REPORT

Team:

Mukund Dhurve         - Asst.  Conservation Officer

Jivraj Salam                 - Field assistant

Surajlal Tekam            - Field assistant

Highlights

·      Joined Forest Department staff on 5 patrols

·      7 community assistance programs to clean area next to hand pumps

·      6 anti-plastic programmes

·      4 waterholes cleaned in Comp. no. 109, 110, 111 and 56

·      Organised 5 classroom programmes on nature and wildlife conservation in which 1025 students were present

·      Organised 6 film shows on nature and wildlife conservation in which 926 students were present

·      Organised 6 medical camps in which 210 patients got free treatment

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Conservation 

Our team organised 7 community assistance programs in February to clear areas around hand pumps in different villages. Unemployed youths from Mangezari participated in all programmes which were led by Mukund and Jivraj. Details of the programmes are given in the table above.

Water had spilled over while people drew from the hand pumps, and had stagnated, leading to proliferation of mosquitoes and insects. Our teams cleared the area, removing scum and organic growth and dug canals to drain away the water. 

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Our team joined Forest Department staff in day and night patrols in Compartment no. 111 an on the roads linking Mangezari to Kodebarra, Mangezari to Bagadband, Mangezari to Jindatola. Besides our staff, volunteers from a youth club at Mangezari also joined in the patrols. The youth club was set up with our assistance and is mentored by our Conservation Officer Mukund Dhurve.   

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During the month, our team organised 6 anti-plastic programmes to clean polythene/plastic litter from villages. The programmes were organised on February 3, 4, 6, 11, 24 and 26 at Sodlagondi, Pitezari, Thadezari, Govindtola, Mangezari and Balapur villages respectively. Mukund and Jivraj organised the programmes which were attended by villagers and village eco-development committee (VEDC) members. The plastic litter has been kept in our Mangezari office and will be sent to Tiroda for recycling.

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The Government of Maharashtra has issued the buffer zone notification for the Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve. Following this, doubts have sprung up in the minds of villagers as to how they will be affected by the notification. Due to the doubts, some villagers are opposing the notification. To clear these doubts and misgivings, we organised a total of 4 awareness programmes during February in 4 villages – Pitezari, Thadezari, Chorkhamara and Balapur.

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Education

There were 5 education programmes in February which were attended by 1,025 students.

Education van

There were 6 film shows in the following schools:

Employment Cell activities

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One villager got a job with our assistance.

Mobile Health Service (MHS)

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There were 6 health camps in February 2018.

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