Friday, March 1, 2013

January 2013 Activity Report: Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve


Team:
Bandu Kumare – Field assistant

Highlights

  • 1 water conservation voluntary work project – check dam near Adegaon
  • Follow-up to plantation done during the monsoon in 6 villages
  • Anti-plastic programmes in 2 villages
  • 2 nature trails for village children
  • Two voluntary work projects to clean area surrounding hand pump and well
  • Environment education lectures in 10 schools – attended by 400 students
  • 10 film shows on nature and wildlife – attended by 482 people
  • Medical camps in 6 villages  - 242 patients treated
  • Two visits to Bhagwanpur to follow up status of relocated villagers

Conservation















As part of our water conservation efforts, Bandu organized a voluntary work project during January to construct a check/stop dam on a stream.

On January 8, Bandu lead a team of 48 people including 4 teachers, 3 ladies from the village and 40 students of Zilla Parishad (ZP) Primary School, Adegaon in a programme to build a check dam on a stream around 1.5 kms from the village, adjoining the jungle. 

The resultant water body will benefit domestic livestock in the day and wild animals at night. Wild boar, spotted deer, nilgai and barking deer are spotted regularly in the area with occasional sightings of leopard.

Adegaon: The stream before the check dam was built

















Filling the bags with sand to build the check dam
















Volunteers pose after completing the check dam



















During the month, Bandu also 6 organized programmes to follow-up on plantation done during the monsoon months. Last year, during the monsoon, we had arranged for planting of saplings in different villages. Now, we are following up to ensure that the saplings get enough water as well as protection from grazing livestock. Details are given in the table above.

Katwal - Children of village school tend to sapling planted during 
the last monsoon


















On January 14, Bandu organized an anti-plastic programme at Kondegaon in which school students cleaned up the main village road of plastic litter and waste. They then cleaned up the school premises. The litter/waste was then buried in pits. A similar anti-plastic programme was organized on January 17 at Bamdeli.

Bamdeli - plastic litter being picked up during our anti-plastic drive

















On January 12, Bandu organized a programme to clean the surroundings next to a well used to draw drinking water at Dewada. Spillover water had stagnated around the well, creating a bog in which insects were breeding. The team dug a canal to drain the water away and cleaned up the area around the well. A similar programme was organized on January 15 at Junona to clean the area around a hand pump.

During January, Bandu organized 2 nature trails for school students of Adegaon (Jan 17) and Sitarampeth (Jan 25). On the trails, Bandu helped the children identify various birds and plants and spoke to them about nature and wildlife conservation.

Adegaon - children and teachers on a nature trail, led by Bandu Kumare

















Education

In January, our environment education programme covered 10 schools.












Kondegaon - Bandu Kumare talks to children about nature and wildlife


















Education Van

There were 10 film shows on nature and wildlife in January.















Katwal - Film show on wildlife at Primary School


























MHU

There were health camps in 6 villages in January.










Adegaon - patients register for our free medical camp

Free medical camp at Piparheti


















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