MUPHLANG VILLAGE

Report of Muphlang Village

District: West Jaintia Hills

Block: Thadlaskein Block

Date: 25^th January 2024

COMMUNITY LED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PROJECT

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COMMUNITY LED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PROJECT (CLLMP)

The Government of Meghalaya with financial help from the World Bank is implementing the Meghalaya Community Led Landscape Management Project (MCLLMP). The project covers the entire state of Meghalaya, and implementation of community-led plans are rolled out in a phased manner throughout the state. The Meghalaya Basin Management Agency (MBMA) will facilitate community-led planning by providing support, technical inputs and funding.

The project is intended to strengthen community-led natural resources management in selected landscapes within the 7 districts of the state. This would be achieved through a variety of planning, capacity building, and on-the-ground interventions to promote the conservation, sustainable use of natural resources, social inclusion and community mobilization; building traditional knowledge and learning, mapping of natural resources management; strengthening the community institutions and creating linkage with financial institutions and community organizations.

The project interventions will include preparation of community led natural resource management plans. The CLLMP has the following three components:

Strengthening Knowledge and Capacity of Communities for Natural Resources Management
Community-Led Landscape Planning and Implementation
Project Management and Governance

The project objective is “to manage and conserve the natural resources, especially forests, soil and water sources, in a manner that supports the financial and physical well-being of communities in the State”

Introduction

Muphlang Village is located in Thadlaskein Block of West Jaintia Hills district in the state of Meghalaya. Agriculture is the main profession of this village and does not have any industrial development. The People of this area is very peaceful without taking much issues and problems to think about the external affairs. They are confined to what they have been doing and comfortable with their daily schedule.

Village History

According to the history, the village was established in 1880. It was established by these people of Smt Esi Lakhon, Shri Silat Lakhon, Smt Nidian Lakhon and Smt Iaw Lyngdoh. They came to settled here for free without paying a single penny. According to the Information we get, there is a school mission taught by Lt. R. Syngkon. During those days, majority of the people are engaged in farming and the rest are working here and there. The crops cultivated by this village are rice, maize, potato and Garo potato and those who don’t cultivate rice,they eat wheat.

VILLAGE PROFILE

Muphlang Village is located in Thadlaskein Block of West Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya, India. It is about 19 Km away from the Block Office and 9Km from district headquarter Jowai West Jaintia hills district, Meghalaya. The village is inhabited by the Pnar community with 148 households and a population of 764 people. The gender ratio in the village is 336 males and 428 females. The land ownership of the village falls both under community and private individual owners respectively. The main institutions of the village are the Village Employment Council (VEC), one Self Help Group. As per the data collected, 128 HHs uses wood 9000 Qnty (kg/HH) and 20 HHs uses LPG 3600 Qnty (kg/HH) as their source of energy for domestic purposes.

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The major occupations of the people in the village are daily wages, teacher and farmers.

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LAND

Forest- 100.20Ha

Water Bodies- 5.50 Ha

Agriculture land -38.71Ha

Barren land-8.78 Ha

WATER BODIES

Springs- 4

Stream-6

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Safe drinking Water

Regeneration of forest

Irrigation System

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Degraded Land

Water Shortage in Winter Session

Clearance of forest for expansion of settlement

Activities

GROUND TRUTHING AND SENSITIZATION PROGRAMME

Ground truthing and village level sensitization programme was held at Muphlang village under Thadlaskein Block on 25.07.2019. There were around 21 members participated for the programme. The community decided to have a meeting with the entire village members and discuss about the project, formation of VNRMC, EC and Village facilitators.

FINDINGS

1. There is no safe drinking water supply. The sources of drinking water are the streams, wells etc.

2. Transportation facilities: There is very less and timely public transportation.

3. There is no waste management.

4. Timber has reduced over the years.

5. Fuel wood is not sufficient

6. There is no irrigation system in the village.

7. The cause of degradation is due to deforestation

8. Any conflict is being handled by the village council.

LIST OF NATURAL RESOURCES OF MUPHLANG VILLAGE

The list of indigenous tree species are – Dieng chyrngan (schima wallichii), Dieng sning,dieng kseh (pinus kesiya), dieng champa (magnolia champaca),

Dieng poma (Toonaciliata)

The Valuable grasses of the village are- sla salah, sla syin,
1. Signing of Documents:

After few days of sensitization programme, on the 10.09.2019 the district DPMU and SPMU visited Muphlang Village for signing of all the documents such as EOI, VGA and CGC.

Formation of VNRMC

The formation of VNRMC EC members and VCF were been done on the 1^st August 2019 wherein the community decided to select the representatives from VEC, SHG and other village functionaries.

Listed below are the members of the VNRMC:

Sl No	Name in Full	Gender M/F	Age (in Yrs)	Education	Designation	Occupation	Community	Contact No and email address
1	Biangmon Nongpluh	M	46	I Passed	P.C	Labour	Pnar
2	June Shylla	M	49	I Passed	P.C	Labour	Pnar
3	Aphiraki Nanglein	F	31	IX Passed	P.C	Labour	Pnar	7085651556

Village Facilitators (VCF)

Sl No	Name in Full	Gender M/F	Age (Yrs)	Education	Area of specialisation/ focus (forests, water, soil, accounts, environmental and social safeguards, knowledge management, GIS)	Trained under CLLMP (Yes/ No?) if Yes, date training was received	Contact No and email address
1	Lodester Nanglein	M	23	Graduate	Social A.M	NO	9862268332
2	Chibunki Nanglein	M	35	Graduate	Environment	NO	8014134818
3	Pliejai Shylla	F	34	Graduate	M&E	NO	81318005

PRA EXERCISE

PRA exercise was conducted on the 25^th July 2019 at Muphlang Village, Thadlaskein Block, WJH.

Plan Estimate:

The plan estimate is done once field engineer along with the Environment Management pay a visit to the proposed sites for inspection. On approval, the plan estimate is being carried out further by the district field engineer.

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
1	AFFORESTATION	KHLIEH MUSAN	25.41169	92.17934	1,66,170	IMPLEMENTED
2	AFFORESTATION	DONGPYRDI	25.40989	92.17308	1,66,170	IMPLEMENTED
3	CHECK DAM	MOPUN DONGDIEN	25.41166	92.17094	2,59,569	IMPLEMENTED
4	COMMUNITY NURSERY	MUPHLANG (NEAR PLAYFIELD)	25.40978	92.17147	1,13,960	IMPLEMENTED
5	DRINKING WELL	UMKOI-KOI	25.41065	92.17715	82,700	IMPLEMENTED
6	LAND RECLAMATION	MADAN POH MUPHLANG	25.40798	92.17104	1,29,700	IMPLEMENTED
7	CONTOUR TRENCHES	KHLIEH MUSAN	25.41205	92.17763	24,140	IMPLEMENTED
8	FILTER	KHLIEH MUSAN	25.41173	92.17779	64,560	IMPLEMENTED
9	SPRING CHAMBER	KHLIEH MUSAN	25.41159	92.17822	93,210	IMPLEMENTED
10	AFFORESTATION	KHLIEH MUSAN	25.41237	92.17723	1,30,960	IMPLEMENTED
11	PLANTATION OF LEMON GRASS	MADAN POH MUPHLANG	25.40746	92.17079	25,725	IMPLEMENTED
12	AFFORESTATION	ROD SUROK	25.41282	92.17149	45,000	IMPLEMENTED
13	VERMI COMPOSTING	DONGPYRDI	25.41124	92.17342	3,01,619	IMPLEMENTED
14	CANAL CUM RETAINING WALL	MADAN MUPHLANG	25.41094	92.17052	2,63,190	IMPLEMENTED
15	SPRING CHAMBER	MADAN MUPHLANG	25.41094	92.17073	1,10,200	IMPLEMENTED
16	CANAL CUM RETAINING WALL	MADAN MUPHLANG	25.40928	92.17084	1,77,050	IMPLEMENTED
17	RCC RAIN WATER HARVESTING	LUM MUCHAI	25.3962	92.16168	3,36,111	IMPLEMENTED
18	SPRING CHAMBER	UMKHLO	25.41349	92.17414	1,39,190	IMPLEMENTED
19	AFFORESTATON (ADDITIONAL SAPLING)	MYNKJAI	25.38655	92.16503	25,776	IMPLEMENTED

FUND STATUS

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
1	AFFORESTATION	KHLIEH MUSAN	25.41169	92.17934	1,66,170	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
2	AFFORESTATION	DONGPYRDI	25.40989	92.17308	1,66,170	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
3	CHECK DAM	MOPUN DONGDIEN	25.41166	92.17094	2,59,569	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
4	COMMUNITY NURSERY	MUPHLANG (NEAR PLAYFIELD)	25.40978	92.17147	1,13,960	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
5	DRINKING WELL	UMKOI-KOI	25.41065	92.17715	82,700	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
6	LAND RECLAMATION	MADAN POH MUPHLANG	25.40798	92.17104	1,29,700	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
7	CONTOUR TRENCHES	KHLIEH MUSAN	25.41205	92.17763	24,140	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
8	FILTER	KHLIEH MUSAN	25.41173	92.17779	64,560	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
9	SPRING CHAMBER	KHLIEH MUSAN	25.41159	92.17822	93,210	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
10	AFFORESTATION	KHLIEH MUSAN	25.41237	92.17723	1,30,960	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
11	PLANTATION OF LEMON GRASS	MADAN POH MUPHLANG	25.40746	92.17079	25,725	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
12	AFFORESTATION	ROD SUROK	25.41282	92.17149	45,000	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
13	VERMI COMPOSTING	DONGPYRDI	25.41124	92.17342	3,01,619	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
14	CANAL CUM RETAINING WALL	MADAN MUPHLANG	25.41094	92.17052	2,63,190	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
15	SPRING CHAMBER	MADAN MUPHLANG	25.41094	92.17073	1,10,200	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
16	CANAL CUM RETAINING WALL	MADAN MUPHLANG	25.40928	92.17084	1,77,050	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
17	RCC RAIN WATER HARVESTING	LUM MUCHAI	25.3962	92.16168	3,36,111	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
18	SPRING CHAMBER	UMKHLO	25.41349	92.17414	1,39,190	IMPLEMENTED

Sl NO	TYPE OF INTERVENTION/WORK	SITE NAME	GPS COORDINATES		AMOUNT	Work Status
19	AFFORESTATON (ADDITIONAL SAPLING)	MYNKJAI	25.38655	92.16503	25,776	IMPLEMENTED