Amravati (June 26, 2012)
With no financial support from any Government department, Nature
Conservation Society, Amravati has constructed a lake at its community resource centre (CRC) in Melghat Tiger
Reserve. NCSA has set an example for others by doing water conservation work.
The lake was inaugurated yesterday by wildlife conservationist
and Satpuda Foundation President Kishor Rithe.
The lake will be called "Nishisagar" and will store approximately
13 lakh litres of water, doing a great amount of water conservation work every
year.
The Community Resource Centre is locally known as "Muthawa
centre". (Muthawa is a god of the Korku tribe). NCSA had set up this centre
in 2006 to promote sustainable village development activities in Melghat
villages. NCSA is trying to showcase conservation models and rural
development technology so that tribal villages can adopt such conservation initiatives.
"The lake will also help to conserve more water as we had already constructed
another percolation tank at the downstream end of this lake", said Nishikant
Kale, former President of NCSA and architect of this lake. "It has cost us around
Rs. 2 lakh and a lot of work has been done through shramdaan (voluntary work) by our members during this summer."
NCSA has developed three nurseries including one exclusively
for medicinal plants. Artificial water holes have been created for wild animals along
with the grasslands around the water
bodies. "It has actually attracted chital, sambar and some carnivores at the
community centre", said Neharu Yewale, CRC in-charge.
NCSA has planted many indigenous agro-forestry plants, an orange and mango
orchard and other forest fruit species like Chironji and custard apple. The
plantation has come up very well and started producing fruit.
NCSA generates solar power and bio-fuel to run the CRC. The Muthawa centre
has also installed some innovative items like a sewage treatment plant,
gravitational water distribution system, bio-fuel plant, solar cooker and solar
water-heater like appliances, water conservation structures and spot-feeding
fence for livestock.
In fact we had also approached the Government but the concerned department did not show any interest even after written orders from Collector and Divisional Commissioner, said Dr. Anil Asole, President of NCSA.
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