Anti-Poaching Workshop:
On June 3, a workshop
on anti-poaching was organized at Rangers College, Chandrapur for foresters and
forest guards. Mr. Kishor Rithe, President Satpuda Foundation and Mr. Vishal
Bansod, Honorary Wildlife Warden, Amravati, spoke to the participants about effective
patrolling and identification of steel traps and snares, trends in animal
poaching and trade in animal parts. Around 10 members from other NGOs also participated
in the workshop.
Tiger body found At Junona Range C.N. 504 :
On June 30, a dead tiger was found in West Chanda Forest Division. The tiger was about 10-12 year in age and measured 290 cm in length from nose to tail and 100cm in height. Forest Department staff present at the site said that the tiger may have been killed in a fight over territory with another tiger. Signs on the body showed that it was heavily injured and blood on the ground showed that it had bled heavily during the fight. The area where the tiger was found is under FDCM (Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra) and is surrounded by areas under the jurisdiction of the Territorial Forest wing. Both the departments launched a joint operation venture to spot the other tiger and to verify whether it was safe or had been injured in the fight as well. The carcass was burned after a post mortem.
Highlights
- Follow-up to plantation in 2 schools
- Public/village hygiene program in 3 villages
- Cleaning of 2 water bodies used mainly by wild animals and birds
- Water pots put up for birds in 1 village
- Anti-plastic programmes in 2 villages
- Medical camps in 6 villages - 233 patients treated
- Two visits to Bhagwanpur to follow upon status of relocated villagers
- Preparation of vegetable patch at Kondegaon Z. P. Primary School
- Visits to Kolsa, Jamni and Navegaon for rehabilitation work
Conservation
On June 20, our team went to Katwal Zilla Parishad (ZP) Primary School to monitor the progress of saplings planted in July-August 2011. Our team conducts regular follow-up visits to ensure that the saplings are watered properly and that they get adequate protection from livestock. A similar follow-up visit was made to Adegaon on June 26.
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| Plantation follow-up visit to ZP School, Adegaon |
On June 11, our team organized a programme at Katwal to promote awareness about public hygiene. Our team with 7 youths of the village cleaned up the area next to a well, which had turned into a bog, and dug a channel to drain the spillover water away.
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| Handpump at Adegaon before cleaning |
A similar programme were organized on June 14 at Junona and on June 16 at Adegaon where 11 and 14 people respectively participated.
Our teams have been motivating
villagers across the landscape to put up pots in trees and bushes for birds to
quench their thirst. One programme was organized on June 11 at Sitarampeth to
put up pots for birds in trees.
On June 8, Bandu and Yogesh organized an anti-plastic programme at Mudholi. Our team cleaned the roadside area along with 4 children from Mudholi. Also on June 16 the same campaign was held at Adegaon with 14 village youths participating.
On June 14, Yogesh, Bandu and 3 unemployed youths of Kondegaon joined hands to clean a water body between Kondegaon and Mudholi. A similar programme was organized at Junona on June 17 where a waterhole on a stream was cleaned with the help of 2 other youths from the village. This water hole provides the water to wild animals like sloth bear, spotted deer and birds in the area.
On June 28, our team joined hands with school teachers of Kondegaon to prepare a vegetable nursery (Parsbagh) in the school premises. This activity was done to develop interest among students to develop similar parsbaghs in their houses, so they can get nutritious vegetables at home in the forest region where it is very difficult to get such kind of vegetables.
Mobile Health Unit (MHU)
There were health camps in 6 villages
in June.
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