THE FULL REPORT
Team:
Mukund Dhurve - Asst. Conservation Officer
Jivraj Salam -
Field assistant
Surajlal Tekam - Field assistant
Highlights
·
Joined Forest Department staff on 4 patrols
·
5 community assistance voluntary work
projects to clean area next to hand pumps
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4 anti-plastic programmes
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3 waterholes cleaned in Comp. no. 109, 57
and 118
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Organised 4 classroom environment education programmes
in which 165 students were present.
·
Organised 6 film shows in which 990 students
were present.
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Organised 6 medical camps in which 199
patients got free treatment
·
Organised 2 VEDC meetings at Umarzari and Sodlagondi
·
Celebrated World Wildlife Day at ZPPS,
Mangezari -- 73 students were present
·
Celebrated World Sparrow Day at Ashram
school, Koilari by making and installing artificial nests for birds
·
Celebrated World Forest Day at GES High
school, Kuradi and Adilok High School, Bolunda
·
Celebrated World Water Day by repairing
waterhole at Comp. no. 118
·
Celebrated World Climate Day at Bhimrao High
School, Wadegaon -- 230 students and 7 teachers were present
Conservation
Our team organised 5 community
assistance programs in March to clear areas around hand pumps I 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.
During the month, our team organised 4 anti-plastic programmes to clean
polythene/plastic litter from villages. The programmes were organised on March
11, 15, 27 and 29 at Sodlagondi Kodelohara, Asalpani, and Sodlagondi and
Jindatola villages respectively. Mukund, Salimkumar 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.
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 2 awareness programmes
during March
in Umarzari and Sodlagondi.
During the month, we also celebrated important days in the
environmentalist calendar. On March 20, we celebrated World Sparrow Day at
Ashram School, Koilari by teaching students to make artificial nests for small
birds from cardboard boxes. We later guided the students in installing these
boxes at suitable places on the school premises.
On March 21, we celebrated World Forest Day at GES High School,
Kuradi and at Adilok High School, Bolunda by organising film shows with a
conservation message.
On March 22, we celebrated World Water Day through a
programme to repair a waterhole in Compartment no. 118.
On March 23, we celebrated World Climate Day at Bhimrao High
School, Wadegaon by organising a film show on climate change. The film was
watched by 230 students and 7 teachers.
Education
There were 4 classroom programmes on environment education in
March which were attended by 165 students.
Education van
There were 6 film shows in the following
schools during March.
Employment Cell activities
We helped 3 villagers get
employment during March.
Two girls were placed as trainee
nurses at Government Hospital, Tiroda. Mukund learned about the vacancies
through a newspaper advertisement and approached the hospital with a list of eight
ladies from villages where we operate. Two of them were selected.
Mobile Health Service
There were 6 health camps in March.
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