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EGH _Pakregre Chikama

The CONTENT

  1. The Pakregre Chikama Village

  2. The Village Resources

    1. The Social Resources

    2. The Natural Resources

    3. Type of forest Cover and Wildlife

    4. Cultivable Land

    5. Water Bodies

    6. Spring Inventory

  3. Problem Analysis

  4. Community NRM Plan with Estimates

  5. Brief Justifications on Proposed activities

    1. Community Nursery

    2. Composting

    3. Plantation/Afforestation/Reforestation

    4. Spring-shed Development and Management

    5. Check Dams

    6. Forest Management Plan

    7. Gabion Wall/Gully Plug

  6. Conclusion

  7. Annexure - 1

    1. Attendance Sheet

    2. LULC Map

    3. Village Resource Map

    4. Problem Analysis Chart

    5. Seasonal Calendar

    6. Photo Gallery

  1. Annexure – 2

Technical Plans & Estimates

  1. Annexure – 3

Memorandum of Agreements

  1. THE Pakregre Chikama

The Pakregre Chikama village is in Rongjeng C&RD Block of East Garo Hills district in Meghalaya. The village is inhabited by Garo Community with 43 households with 224 populations. Sex ratio in this village is 73 females per 259 males. The VNRMC in this village was formed in the month of 27/8/2019. The village is 9KM from Rongjeng Block and 65 KM for the district headquarter Williamnagar. The Land Use Land Cover (LULC) map of this village identified GPS co-ordinates are 25.66978and 90.73050 for latitude and longitude respectively. The village elevation reading is 351 msl.

  1. The Village Resources

    1. The Social Resources

The land in the village is owned by a clan which is called ‘NokmaA’King1 land’. The main institutions in this village are the Nokma, the Village Employment Council (VEC) and no Self Help Group. There are 1 group ‘Water and Sanitation Committee’ in the village, which the project need to promote. The Nokma has a total of 6 members with a Sordar, President and a Secretary. Women representative in the Nokma is just 2 nos. It has been only 2 year since CLLMP was adopted in this village. Hence VNRMC members got finance. The VCFs are also yet to be identified. Everyone in this village use fire wood as the main source of fuel requirement and in addition that they don’t use LPG. The village has good electricity connectivity with 61 households being electrified.

    1. The Natural Resources

Through GIS technology the project has collected data that the Pakregre Chikama village has total no of N882.91 Ha of geographical area and the total forest cover area which is open forest are 441.12 Ha. Water bodies’ coverage is 2.97 Ha. The village has Agricultural land measuring 113.04Ha and 114.12Ha of culturable wasteland. Arecanut plantation is the major cash crop in the village.

    1. Type of Forest Cover and Wildlife in Pakregre Chikama Village

The LULC provide that total forest land in this village are 114.12 Ha (total forest land is also an open forest) which is in correspondence with the villagers during the PRA exercise. Surprisingly there were no dense forest in this village. The biomass in open forest is reducing year after year. There is community forest (which is also defined as open forest) measuring 114.12ha with sites name Watre, Wanok, Boldak(Schima wallichii) Tebret, Bolgipok, Bolsal, Agatchi(Dillenia pentagyna) Gambare(Gmelina arborea) Kimbal, Segun(Tectona grandis)Sillangre,Bolchim(Duabanga grandiflora)Bolbok. The villagers have agreed to improve this community open forest. The village has protected forest in some N/Aha of land in Rongjeng (site) Pakregre chikama which they have planned to bring under Forest Management Plan. There are 114.12 ha of private forest which is also open forest in nature. These forest cover includes major 7 Michelia Champaco, Aegle marmelos, Schima Wallichii, Kelu, Dalbergia Sissoo, Dillenia Indica, and Jackfruit nos of indigenous fruit and non-fruit bearing species such as Jackfruit, etc. In addition to indigenous species, there were large numbers of fodders’ species used by the villagers for feeding the cattle Wa.ma , Wa.nok. There are also NTFPs in Forest like Bamboo,Laham,Bijadu .Due to reduction in forest cover and unavailability of food, the existing fauna such as Wild Cat, leopard,Deer,Bear,and Matrong jungle fowl are in danger or in non-existence as on date.

    1. Cultivable Land

The village has 113.04 Ha of agricultural, horticultural and plantation land. The village has also Jhum land in around 1.6 ha of land. Soil erosion is taking place in around N/A Ha of land. The land is becoming less productive due to unavailability of irrigation facilities. The villagers were engaged in multi-cropping which are season based. The farmers have been suffering with pest attack which has been destroying their paddy field.

    1. Water Bodies

The village has 2 springs they are passing through the village. All these water bodies are perennial, however, during the lean season the water discharge in many springs and streams reduces to large extend. Only one spring has been tested out of these water bodies as on date for intervention. These water bodies are used for domestic and irrigation purposes. Water crisis during the months of-February,March and April.

    1. Spring Inventory

The Mater Trainers has taken the discharge measurement Pakregre Chikama spring latitude are 25°808851N and longitude of 90.783024°E with elevation of 97.51m. It’s a depression spring with perennial in nature with the bamboo outlet. The Spring water are used for drinking and for domestic purposes. Spring discharge was calculated 2.57PM through stopwatch- bucket method. The pH value of the spring re 6.88LPM. The catchment area of spring is in the private land. Broad geology in and around the spring location are weathered rock. A rough sketch of the spring were understanding of the potential recharge areas for intervention.

  1. Problem Analysis

The above village resource data collected through GIS technology, primary data collection made through CNRMP template and Spring Inventory templates suggests that the village are still rich in natural resources. At the same time natural resource degradation has started in this village that need to planned actions and interventions. The area of open forest is increasing and it seems that they were no more dense forest anymore in this village. This is due to Jhum cultivation, cutting down trees for timber, firewood and for plantation, etc. for immediate economic benefit. These have resulted in less water discharge of water from springs, streams and rivers which has brought about low moisture content in the ground, loss of soil fertility and low crop production. The flora and fauna in this village are reducing drastically.

  1. Community Natural Resource Management Plan with estimation

Having understood the natural resources in this village, having foreseen the upcoming threats to land, water and forest, the Villagers and VEC members of the village came together on the 27 Aug 2019 to identify and plan out interventions to address challenges faced in their village both in terms of NRM issues and their economic issues. The VEC with facilitation from DPMU-EGH and SPMU has arrived at the list of activities to be taken up in next three years time within the budget provision. The villagers strongly feel that these interventions would enable them to conserve and improve the natural resources for them and for their future generations.

Proposed Activities

Sl No Intervention Name Site Name Estimated Amount Land Ownership Start Date End Date HH Benefited
1 RCC Check Dam Rongku Chiring 253000.00 Private 6-Feb-20 12-May-20 5
2 Afforestation Chimiggitu Hill 180000.00 Private 6-Jun-20 25-Jul-20 61
3 Contour Trenches Chimiggitu 17800.00 Private 5-Jul-20 18-Aug-20 6
4 Contour Trenches Dendap Stream 17800.00 Private 5-Jul-20 18-Aug-20 7
5 Community Nursery Dendap Stream 108840.00 Private 8-Jun-20 15-Aug-20 61
6 RCC Check Dam Chimiggitu Stream 317530.00 Community 9-Feb-21 18-Jun-21 10
Sl No Intervention Name Site Name Estimated Amount Land Ownership Start Date End Date HH Benefited
1 RCC Check Dam Rongku Chiring 253000.00 Private 6-Feb-20 12-May-20 5
2 Afforestation Chimiggitu Hill 180000.00 Private 6-Jun-20 25-Jul-20 61
3 Contour Trenches Chimiggitu 17800.00 Private 5-Jul-20 18-Aug-20 6
4 Contour Trenches Dendap Stream 17800.00 Private 5-Jul-20 18-Aug-20 7
5 Community Nursery Dendap Stream 108840.00 Private 8-Jun-20 15-Aug-20 61
6 RCC Check Dam Chimiggitu Stream 317530.00 Community 9-Feb-21 18-Jun-21 10
7 Agroforestry Bolgisim Hill 192400.00 Private 9-Jun-21 23-Jun-21 61
8 Gabion Wall Rongku Stream 151600.00 Private 12-Oct-21 18-Oct-21 10
9 Spring Chamber Dendap Spring 160300.00 Private 17-Dec-21 16-Feb-22 10
10 Dug Out Pond Nokmikdot Stream 74200.00 Private 16-Dec-21 23-Dec-21

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 Erosion Control Gabion Wall-2 Rongku Stream 233900.00
12 Open Well Palwang 58740.00
13 RCC Check Dam Near Cemetery 228650.00
14 Spring Chamber Maleng Stream 160240.00

Notes:

  1. The Detail Technical Plan and Estimates of Proposed activities attached in the Annexure

  2. CLLPM will finance only 21.55lakhs for the proposed interventions. As per project design, the rest of the estimated amount would be from convergence with other programmes of the state and central government.

  1. Brief Justification on the Proposed Activities

Available budget from CLLMP is 1.6 ha of land however, villagers have decided to treat around N/A ha of land or more. This would be done through community contribution and in convergence to state and central government schemes.

    1. Community Nursery

The details of the Community Nursery can be seen in the Annexure. The proposed nursery is meant for raising the saplings which will be planted in the open forest, catchment areas, reserve forest, and private land covering to a total of around 441.70 ha of land. The village were far from the nearest market, so sourcing building would pose as a challenge for the villagers, but since natural resources like water, trees, bamboo, etc. are readily available to them, they can quite easily construct an environment friendly nursery.

    1. Composting

The villagers have also proposed to improve land productivity in around N/A ha of agricultural land using composting so that the soil will be more fertile and that healthy plants in return would fetch more productivity leading to increased income.

    1. Plantation/Afforestation/Reforestation

In this village there are only open forest in this village which is about 441.70 ha. Villagers have realized that open forests are increasing which leads to climate change and loss of biodiversity are increasing day by day. The villagers have decided to Afforestation or reforestation & Agroforestry both in the open forests as well as in the private land which bring to a total nos of 441.70 ha of land. It is advice to encourage the villagers to plant fruit bearing trees while carrying out reforestation for the benefits of all fauna and human beings were similar.It will also restore and maintain balance in the biodiversity.

    1. Spring-shed Development and management

There are 1nos of springs in the village which are perennial. The water discharge from these springs reduces drastically during the lean season. Development of spring-shed approach in the village along with rejuvenation activities such as afforestation, contour and staggered trenches in the catchment areas benefiting to about 10 ha of land that would help in increasing the discharge both peak and lean season catering to households and reduced drudgery, especially of women.

    1. Check Dam

Since there are unavailability of irrigation facilities during the month of February to April and the land become less productive, villagers have proposed 2 nos of check dam to be constructed for irrigation and domestic purpose from which around 10 households will be benefiting from it. It is expected that N/A ha of land will be benefiting from these structures. Availability of water throughout the season can help the villagers to practice multiple cropping and follow crop rotation throughout the year which will increase the production and their income as well.

    1. Forest Management Plan

The village has a Reserve forest which has been preserved by the community but due to extraction of timber by the villager themselves now it is consider as open forest. After the villagers realized that open forests are increasing which leads to climate change and loss biodiversity are increasing day by day. The reclaim of the forest are around 441.70 ha to be brought under forest management plan which further increase its forest cover, take more preventive measures, etc.

    1. Gabion Wall/Gully plug

The VNRMC has constructed a Gabion Wall at Rongku stream in order to prevent the soil erosion and also for further expanding of stream. The village has constructed a Gabion wall in order to control land sliding on road sides and also to prevent the water logging area from further destruction. This has prevent blockage of road ,soil erosion etc.

  1. Annexure – 1

  1. Annexure – 2

  1. Annexure - 3

  1. The land belongs to a clan which is called NokmaA’king land. It is under the custody of its female head, the Nokma, whose husband acts on her behalf in all clan decision-making; the Nokma has no authority to take decisions on land and its use. Decisions are meant to be collective among representatives of the clan.↩︎