Team: Saket Agasti - Assistant Conservation Officer
Bandu Uikey, Dilip Lanjewar – Field
Assistants
Highlights
· One anti-plastic program at Kirangisarra
· One voluntary work project programme to clean a soak pit
· One voluntary work project to clean a well in Ghatpendari
· Sapling plantation programmes organized in two villages
· Field assistant Bandu Uikey and Dilip Lanjewar separately joined Forest Department staff on anti-poaching patrols on 5 occasions
· 13 environment education programmes in village schools – attended by 449
· Organized 2 nature cum bird-watching trails for village children
· Organized 10 medical camps at which 331 patients were treated
· Meetings held at Sillari on development of Self Help Group (SHG)
Conservation
On August 12, Dilip organized a
programme to clear the plastic from the road leading from Kirangisarra to Pench
River. Kirangisarra village has forests on three sides and the river on the
fourth side. Plastic litter scattered in the area near the village posses a
great threat to the wildlife as well as humans of the area. 17 villagers
participated in the programme. Dilip educated them about the disposal
techniques of plastic/polythene. Photos below.
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On August 19, Bandu and 8
villagers from Ghatpendari cleared weeds and other wild growth proliferating in
a soak pit, next to a hand pump near the village. Due to this growth, the water
percolation through the pit had stopped and water stagnated in the pit.
Cleaning the pit restarted the percolation. Photos below.
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On August 24, a well cleaning
programme was organized by Bandu at Ghatpendari village. The well is one of the
major sources of water to the village. Due to heavy littering of plastic bags
and wrappers in the area, a lot of litter was blown into the well by wind. Bandu
and the team cleared the plastic litter from the well, making it safe for
further use. Photo below.
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On August 5 and August 6, sapling
plantation programmes were organized at Kirangisarra and Ghatpendari villages
respectively. Various saplings of fruit-bearing trees such as mango, jamun and custard
apple were planted in the programmes. People were made aware of the benefits of
the plantation and encouraged to plant saplings on their own.
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| Ghatpendari - Bandu digging pits for planting |
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| Planting the saplings, Ghatpendari |
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| Plantation in Kirangisarra |
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Bandu and Dilip, along with Village
Eco Development Committee (VEDC) members, joined Forest Department staff on
anti-poaching patrols on several occasions in August. The teams patrolled on the fringes of the
forest. Details of the patrols are given
in the table above.
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| Patrol with members of the STPF |
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| Community patrol near Khapa |
On August 17, Dilip organized a
meeting of young women from Pipariya, Sillari, Wagholi and Khapa to discuss the
creation of self help groups (SHGs). He gave them details about various
Government schemes to support SHGs and spoke to them about the functioning of
SHGs. Photo below.
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Raksha Bandhan is a festival to
celebrate the relationship between brothers and sisters. In this festival, the
sister ties a rakhi (ornamental thread) to the arm of the brother and he, in
turn, promises to protect her. On August 10, we organized a special programme
at Sillari to celebrate the festival in a different way. Village girls and
women tied rakhis to trees in recognition of the benefits that nature extends
to humans. They also tied rakhis on to Forest
Department officials and thanked them for their duties of protecting the
forest and wildlife. Photo below.
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Environmental Education Programmes
In August, there were 13 environment education programmes held
in our area of operations.
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| Environment class at Narhar village |
IT Education Programme
Satpuda Foundation has been running a programme to introduce
computers to children living in the remote villages adjoining Pench Tiger
Reserve in both Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. The Foundation has installed
computers in 3 villages and hired a local trainer to impart computer skills to
the children. In Maharashtra, this programme is being implemented in Sawara,
with computers provided by us, and in Pipariya, using the school’s computers.
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| Class in Sawara |
Mobile Health Unit (MHU)
There were 10 medical camps in August.
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| Free health camp at Usripar |
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