September 2012 Activity Updates: Pench Maharashtra

Team: Anoop Awasthi – Conservation Officer

            Bandu Uikey, Dilip Lanjewar – Field assistants

Highlights

·      Team was busy working on micro-plans for  Pipariya, Usaripar, Sawara, Kadbikheda

·      One voluntary work project to clean area next to hand pump at Wagholi

·      Two voluntary work projects to repair road and bridge on Ghatpendari-Narhar road

·      Field assistant Bandu Uikey joined Forest Department staff on anti-poaching patrols thrice

·      1 nature trail for students at Kadbikheda

·      Environment Education  Programme in 13 villages -- covered 496 students

·      Seeds planting programme in Salai, Ghatpendari villages

·      11 medical camps – 637  patients treated

Conservation: 

On September 19, Dilip led a team of 13 unemployed youths and children of Wagholi village in a programme to clean the area around a hand pump in Wagholi. Leaves, plastic and other organic matter had accumulated in the area and water was stagnating, leading to health risks. The team cleaned the area surrounding the hand pump, collected the waste matter and disposed of it in a pit.

On September 17, Dilip led 19 children from Kadbikheda village on a nature trail in the jungle adjoining the village. On the trail, Dilip spoke to the children about the importance of trees and wild life in our eco system.

Kadbikheda - Dilip conducts nature trail

On September 9, field assistant Bandu Uikey joined local staff of the Forest Department in anti-poaching patrols. Members of the eco-development committee (EDC) of Ghatpendari and Bandu took part in the patrols in the jungle near Ghatpendari. He joined similar anti-poaching patrols on September 22 and September 23.

On September 14, Bandu Uikey led a team of 45 unemployed youths, EDC members and local forest staff from Ghatpendari village in a voluntary programme to repair road and bridge at Khekdinala, Moungajhodi nala on Ghatpendari-Narhar road which had been damaged by heavy rains. The programme was planned by our team jointly with the Forest Department.

Road and bridge repair work at Khekadinala
and Mongajhodi Nala

On  September 26, Bandu led a team of 12 children from Salai in a programme to plant seeds of local plants in the village school campus. The seeds were of heta and kaner.  A similar programme was organized on September 28 at Ghatpendari.

   

During the month, our team also worked with the Forest Department in preparing micro plans. As part of this exercise, we held surveys as per the following details 

Education

In September, our team conducted environment education programmes in 13 schools in our area of operations.

Environment education at Zinzeriya

Drawing contest at Sawara 

Mobile Health Unit (MHU)

Our team assisted Nature Conservation Society, Amravati in conducting 7 medical camps in September.    

           

         

Kirangisarra - villagers crowd around the ambulance
to read message on tiger poaching

Kirangisarra medical camp

Khapa: free medicines being distributed at the medical camp

Khapa medical camp in progress

Usripar camp in progress

Usripar: a patient registers for treatment

Camp at Wagholi

Camp at Wagholi

Camp at Kirangisarra

Camp at Kirangisarra

Camp at Kirangisarra