Team:
Below - some photos of two tiger cubs hit by a speeding train on the Gondia-Chandrapur railway track late on 14 April. The cubs were 10 months old. One was knocked dead with a head injury, the other suffered a fracture in the right hind leg and was shifted to Nagpur for treatment. The photos were taken by our Field Assistant Bandu Kumare. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-16/nagpur/38585770_1_tiger-cub-injured-cub-tigress
During April, Bandu organized 4 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.
On April 9, Bandu organized an anti-plastic programme at Chorgaon 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 at Kondegaon on April 23.
On April 16, Bandu organized a programme to clean the area around a hand pump at Junona. Spillover water from the hand pump had stagnated around the pump. 4 youths from the village joined hands with Bandu in the programme. The team dug a canal to drain the spillover water away and cleaned the area of organic waste and litter which had accumulated there.
During summer, our teams across the landscape motivate villagers and children to put up water pots in suitable spots so that birds can quench their thirst. Bandu arranged for pots to be put up in 2 villages – Bamdeli and Dewada.
Education
During April, Bandu organized 2 nature trails for school students of Sitarampeth (April 22) and Kutwanda (April 25). On the trails, Bandu helped the children identify various birds and plants and spoke to them about nature and wildlife conservation.
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Employment Cell
Bandu Kumare – Field
assistant
Highlights
- Follow-up to plantation done
during the monsoon in 4 villages
- Anti-plastic programmes in 2
villages
- Programmes to clean soak
pits in 2 villages
- One voluntary work project
to clean area around hand pump
- Water pots put up for birds
in 2 villages
- Environment education
lectures in 10 schools – attended by 350 students
- 2 nature trails for village
children
- Medical camps in 6
villages - 242 patients treated
- Two visits to Bhagwanpur to
follow up status of relocated villagers
Conservation
Below - some photos of two tiger cubs hit by a speeding train on the Gondia-Chandrapur railway track late on 14 April. The cubs were 10 months old. One was knocked dead with a head injury, the other suffered a fracture in the right hind leg and was shifted to Nagpur for treatment. The photos were taken by our Field Assistant Bandu Kumare. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-16/nagpur/38585770_1_tiger-cub-injured-cub-tigress
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| Kelzar - the dead cub being removed from the track |
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| The dead tiger cub |
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| The injured cub being taken away for treatment |
During April, Bandu organized 4 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.
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| Kondegaon - children attend to a sapling planted in last year's monsoon |
On April 9, Bandu organized an anti-plastic programme at Chorgaon 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 at Kondegaon on April 23.
On April 16, Bandu organized a programme to clean the area around a hand pump at Junona. Spillover water from the hand pump had stagnated around the pump. 4 youths from the village joined hands with Bandu in the programme. The team dug a canal to drain the spillover water away and cleaned the area of organic waste and litter which had accumulated there.
Similarly, 2 soak pits which had filled up with organic
litter were also cleaned up in programmes organized by Bandu on April 12 at
Katwal and on April 22 at Moharli.
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| Katwal - soak pit being cleaned |
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| Katwal - soak pit after cleaning |
During summer, our teams across the landscape motivate villagers and children to put up water pots in suitable spots so that birds can quench their thirst. Bandu arranged for pots to be put up in 2 villages – Bamdeli and Dewada.
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| Dewada - a makeshift waterhole for birds built by our volunteers |
Education
In April, our environment
education programme covered 10 schools.
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| Bamdeli - Bandu speaking to schoolchildren about environment conservation |
During April, Bandu organized 2 nature trails for school students of Sitarampeth (April 22) and Kutwanda (April 25). On the trails, Bandu helped the children identify various birds and plants and spoke to them about nature and wildlife conservation.
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| Sitarampeth - children on a nature trail |
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There were health camps in 6 villages in April.
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| Navegaon - villagers register at our free medical camp |
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| Jamni - villagers being treated by our Mobile Health Unit |
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| Dewada - Bandu talks to villagers about livelihood options |
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