Team: Amit Awasthi – Conservation Officer
Sampathlal Dhurve – Field assistant
Highlights
- 2 voluntary work project programmes on water conservation –
check dams built at Chapri and Bhagpur
- One voluntary work project for community assistance – cleaning
of area around well at Chapri
- 3 awareness programmes on vermi-compost and water
conservation in 3 villages
- 1 bio-gas plant repaired at Patpara
- 2 vermi-compost tanks prepared at Batwar
- 2 anti-plastic programmes in 2 villages
- Environment education
programme conducted in 11 schools - attended by 296 students
- 2 unemployed youths placed in resorts
Conservation
In order to reduce the
dependence of villagers on forests for firewood, we encourage them to use
alternative sources of energy. As part of this programme, we assist villagers
in repairing bio-gas units which have fallen into disrepair. In November, we
helped one villager, Sonsingh Marawi of Patpara, restart his bio-gas unit.
On November 17, Amit and Sampath led a team
of 7 people in a programme to clear wild growth around a well at Chowkitola in
Chapri. Due to heavy rains, wild growth had proliferated around the well and
access to the well was affected. Our team, which comprised 4 youths from the village
and 3 school children, removed the wild growth and cleaned the area. Photos below.
In water conservation work, we organized
programmes to construct 2 check dams on streams. On November 19, a check dam
was constructed at Chhaper nallah, around 0.5 km from Bhagpur village, inside
the jungle. Nilgai and sambhar are spotted regularly in the area and our team
found fresh pug marks of a leopard at the site while building the check dam.
The team of 12 included members of Sithala and Sharada self-help groups, youths
and elder villagers. Photos below.
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| Forest guard Kunwar Singh Hardaha inspects the dam site |
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| Dam being built with boulders, and packed with silt to prevent seepage |
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| The dam completed |
On November 24, we organized a similar
programme to build a check dam at Motojodi nallah, around 0.5 km from Chapri,
inside the jungle. Chital are regularly spotted in the area, along with
occasional spotting of wild boar, tiger, leopard and fox. The team of 11
comprised the local village Panchayat official (Panch) and villagers. Photos below.
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| Volunteers work to build the dam using locally available materials |
Our team encourages
organic farming as part of our strategy to reduce the impact of chemical
fertilisers on fields adjoining prime wildlife areas. Part of our work includes
assistance to villagers in setting up compost and vermi-compost tanks. During
November, we helped two villagers set up vermi-compost tanks. Details are given
in the table above. Photo below.
We also held 3 programmes during November
to promote awareness about vermi-compost and water conservation. Details are
given in the above table.
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| Bhagpur - Forest Guard Kunwar Singh Hardaha and Amit speak to villagers about water conservation and vermi-compost |
On November 21, our
team organized an anti-plastic programme at Manegaon. Amit and Sampath spoke to
the students of the village school about the harmful impact of
plastic/polythene on the environment and motivated them to remove such litter
from the village. The students went around the village, collecting plastic and
polythene litter/waste, which were then buried in a pit on the outskirts of the
village.
A similar programme was
organized on November 22 at Batwar (photos above).
Education
During the month our
team organized environment education programmes in 11 schools in the villages
in our area of operations.
Employment Cell
We helped two youths get jobs during the month of November.
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| Santosh Yadav got a job at Pugmark Resort at Khatiya |
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| Amit speaks to members of Sithala and Sharada SHGs on self-employment opportunities |
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| Chapri - Amit inspects a vegetable patch set up by Bhagwat Dhurve Read about commercial vegetable farming in our earlier Kanha reports. |
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