Team:
Ashfaq Aarbi – Conservation
officer
Hamid Khan – Field assistant
Highlights
· Sapling distribution to 50 farmers and plantation in 2 programmes
· 9 awareness programmes on vermi-compost
· 1 awareness programme on rain water harvesting
· Classroom visits to 10 schools as part of our environment education program – attended by 478 students
· Visit to check on status of relocated village
· Celebration of World Tourism day at Pachmarhi
Conservation
To take advantage of the monsoon, our teams across the
landscape have been working to motivate villagers to plant saplings. In
September, our Satpura team organized distribution and planting of saplings at
Matkuli and Chandan Pipariya. The details are given in the table above. The
saplings were provided free of cost by the Social Forestry wing. Species
distributed and planted included amla,
lemon, amrood, Mango, Kathal and kosam.
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| Plantation at Government Ashram School, Matkuli |
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| Staff from the police station at Matkuli participating in a plantation programme |
During August, our team organized
9 awareness programmes on vermi-compost. The Agriculture Department is planning
to build vermi-compost tanks in villages in our area of operations. The
Department’s officials asked our team to conduct awareness programmes and to
identify 10 candidates from each village. Details of the programmes are given
in the table above.
Education
During the month, our team made
classroom visits to 10 schools to educate children about nature and wildlife
conservation.
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| Chandan Pipariya - Field Assistant Hamid Khan conducting a classroom session |
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Employment Cell
During the month, our team arranged 3 meetings at Mohgaon,
Pisuwa and Matkuli to create awareness about alternative livelihood options.
The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) has agreed to support an
initiative to help villagers make re-usable bags to replace polythene bags which
are banned in the Pachmarhi area from October 15 onwards.
Relocation
In work related to relocation, Ashfaq organized meetings of
the residents of Muhar, Mongra, Jamandhonga, Ghoghri, Nayakheda and Raikheda
villages. All these villages have been earmarked for resettlement. The meetings
were organized by us at the request of R P Singh, Chief Conservator of Forests
and Field Director, Satpura Tiger Reserve.
Relocated village
Ashfaq visited the relocated village of Dhargaon, Nankot and
Nandner on September to follow up on the status of the relocated villagers.
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| Residents of the newly resettled village Dhargaon discuss their issues with our team |
The main
issues raised by the villagers related to construction of their homes, power
supply and lack of local jobs.
Celebration of World Tourism Day
On
September 27, World Tourism Day function was organized at Pachmarhi. This
programme was organized by MP Tourism Department, Sanjay Gandhi State Youth
Leadership and Development Institute, Pachmarhi, Satpuda Tiger Reserve and
other Government Departments. Our team was asked to identify 15 students from
any Higher Secondary School in our area of operations to participate in the
function. Ashfaq accompanied 15 students of Government Higher Secondary School,
Matkuli to the programme. Photos below.
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