Patharkhnang COMMUNITY LED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PROJECT (1)

COMMUNITY LED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PROJECT

(CLLMP)

Report On Patharkhnang Village

Mawshynrut C&RD Block

West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya

PIN: 793119

March 2022

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 will cover the entire state of Meghalaya and implementation of community led plans will be rolled out in phase 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 11 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 mobilisation; 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 NaturalResources Management.
Community-Led Landscape Planning and Implementation.
Project Management and Governance.

Objectives:

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”

SCOPE:

The CLLM-Programme focuses on increasing the capacities of communities and traditional institutions (TI) by adopting a landscape approach to manage their natural resources such as soil, springs and other water sources, forests and bio-diversity, etc.
The project will be planned and implemented in about 400 villages across the state.
CLLMP has a strong focus on institution-building at the village-level, by ensuring systematic capacity-building on technical and social skill-sets.
The project will also extend such training to communities beyond the targeted villages and support efforts made by them to access funding from various rural and natural resources initiatives and schemes. The Programme will also invest in improving the process and outcome delivery, by developing and adhering to effective systems and procedures, supported by the appropriate technology.
Benefits for community (skills and capacity relating to technical and managerial areas like NRM and conflict resolution
Benefits to traditional institutions (village councils, traditional leaders, community- based organizations, SHGs etc.) through knowledge sharing, promotion of innovative approach, access to technology, technical managerial and financial support.
It is estimated that the project will impact around 1 lakh partners (of which 50% are women) who depend on land, forest, Agro-forestry.
Through the project, 55000 Ha of targeted area will be ensured with availability of water, biological resources, and soil productivity, which will in turn benefit around 400 villages and the outcomes delivery can summarized as follows

BENEFITS:

Benefits for community (Skills and Capacity relating to technical and managerial areas like NRM and Conflict resolution
Benefits to traditional institutions (village councils, traditional leaders, community-based organizations, SHGs etc) through Knowledge sharing, promotion of innovative approach, access to technology, technical managerial and financial support.
It is estimated that the project will impact around 1 lakh partners (of which 50% are women) who depend on land, forest, agro forestry.
Through the project, 55000 Ha of targeted area will be ensured with availability of water, biological resources, and soil productivity, which will in turn benefit around 400 villages and the outcomes delivery can be summarized as follows.

IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY:

The Project will be executed by the MBMA in collaboration with other partners particularly, SIRD (for training and capacity building), Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Water Resource Department, Forest Department, specifically with respect to technical inputs, safeguards management and Community NRM plan preparation.

PROJECT PERIOD:

2018-2023 (5 years)

Contents:

Introduction and History............................................................................... 5-6
Village Profile................................................................................................. 7
CLLMP Activities............................................................................................ 8-9

Ground-Truthing............................................................................. 9
Sensitization on CLLMP................................................................. 9

2.1) Signing of EOI, VGA, and Green Charter..................... 9

2.2) Formation of VNRMC................................................... 10

Opening of Bank Account.............................................................. 11
PRA Exercise........................................................................................ 12 4.1) Village boundary Mapping and Resourse Mapping........................ 13

4.2) Basic survey for CNRMP Template............................. 14

4.3) Focussed Group Discussion....................................... 14-16

5) Submission of CNRMP by the VNRMC............................................ 17

5.1) The final CNRMP Plan................................................. 18

6) Project implementation...................................................................... 19-21

7) Fund Status....................................................................................... 22

I. Introduction:

Patharkhnang Village is located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya, India. It is situated 21Km away from Sub-District headquarter Mawshynrut and 33Km away from District headquarter, Nongstoin. Patharkhnang Village falls under Hima Myriaw Rambrai Syiemship with a total geographical area of 660.80Ha and a total population of 247 peoples from 37 household.

Brief History:

Parharkhnang is located about 5kms away from the Shillong-Tura Highway. It is the oldest village at Mawhsynrut C&RD Block. The village is famous for its oranges. There are 37 Households with 247 population. The clan Nongphud is a popular clan in the village which owns most of the land in the village. Protestant is a popular congregation in the village and it established the first school in the village back in 1954.

It is believed by the villagers that there was a man named Koh Khnang who first came and lived in the village. Moreover, when the plague occurred in the 1950s, there were 4 siblings who moved out from the the Jaintia Region and travelled from Jaintia to Kynshi, Mawdoh, Langpih and ended up settling at Patharkhnang. There was a time when there were 6 women belonging to the clan Nognphud who owned the land at Patharkhang. To this day, the land is still being owned by the Nongphud Clan with no outsiders allowed to buy land in the village.

The MGNREGS became the first project to initiate developmental activities in the village. Footpath became the first development activity in the village. Transportation is easy from the highway as the road has been constructed up to the village since 1993. The river that flows through the village is Wah Umjngut. Shri. Risaw Nongphud, Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO), is the first man to have gone to school at Patharkhnang. Lastly, the people of Patharkhnang are hospitable and willing to help in any way possible especially in terms of water supply/ drinking water to other neighbouring villages.

II. Social Profile:

Patharkhnang village has a total number of 247 villagers of which 128 are males and 119 are females. The village has 22 children between the age group of 0-4 years. Among them 11are boys and 11 are girls.

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Age Group	Male	Female	Total
0-4	11	11	22
5-14	38	31	69
15-30	48	33	81
30-60	24	37	61
60 Abve	7	7	14

BPL/APL Household

Particulars	NO. of HHs
BPL HH	37
APL HH

2. Card Holding Household:

Particulars	No. of Household
Total HH	37
Ration Card HH

Fuel type:

Fuel Type	Total HH
Charcoal
Wood	37
LPG
Electric Heater
Kerosene	0

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The people of the village rely on agriculture and forest products for their livelihood. The main occupation of the villagers is farming followed by teaching and self employed.

III. CLLMP Activities

1.Ground Truthing:

The DPMU-CLLMP team conducted the first visit to the village of Patharkhnang on 11^th December 2020. The DPMU-CLLMP met with Shri Freshotsking L.Marshilong, Headman of Patharkhnang village and other village representatives for field assessment. Mr. Freshotsking L.Marshilong, provided the team with important information regarding the current scenario of the landscape and the natural resource management under his headmanship in the village. The village mostly depend on springs for drinking water and streams for other domestic uses. The soil type in the village is sandy loamy.

Case finding:

There are a total number of 36 HH.
Actively performing VEC.
Forest on hills slopes is prone to forest fires.
Loss of natural vegetation.
Lack of water resources.
The village have access to drinking water.
Few patches of degraded land have been left unused.
There is only one school in the village i.e, Primary Schools.

2. Sensitization Programme:

The first sensitization programme of Patharkhnang village was conducted on the on the 11^th December 2020, by The District Project Manager and the Assistant Manager on the Community Led Landscape Management Project. The DPMU team gave a detailed presentation on CLLMP as well as the guidelines related to the Project. Villagers who participated in the programme, voicing out their concerns and questions regarding the project making it a huge success.

2.1: Signing of EOI, VGA and Green Charter:

Patharkhnang Village signed the Expression of Interest (EOI), the Village Grant Agreement (VGA) and the Green Charter after there was a uniform agreement by the enitre community that the Community-Led landscape Management Project (CLLMP) be implemented at Patharkhnang Village.

2.2 Formation of the VNRMC:

The Formation of the Village Natural Resource Management Committee was done on the 18^th December 2020, in a public meeting in the presence of the entire village and the CLLMP team. The community chose the President, the Secretary and the other executive members of the Committee.

Listed below are the members of the VNRMC:

Village Natural Resource Management Committee
Sl No	Name in Full	Gender M/F	Age (in Yrs)	Education	Designation	Occupation	Community	Contact No
1	Freshotsking L.Marshilong	M	43	VIII	President	Labour	Khasi	8787837982
2	Misilda Langrin	F	48	V	Secretary	Aganwadi	Khasi	9383287227
3	Dwilian Nongphud	M	33	VI	Finance	Labour	Khasi	8119095223
4	Lina Nongphud	F	40	IV	Member	Asha	Khasi	9612798358
5	Wallamlynti Marthong	M	30	II	Member	Labour	Khasi	8414937790
6	Therina K.Dewsaw	M	43	III	Member	Labour	Khasi	8132018204
7	Taialin Mawlieh	F	48	V	Member	Helper	Khasi	9612936718
8	Pharly Nongphud	M	45	II	Member	Labour	Khasi	8730085129
9	Kwikly Mawlieh	F	48	I	Member	Labour	Khasi	6009633874

3.Opening of Bank Account:

The opening of the bank account in Patharkhnang village was done after the signing of the EOI (Expression of Interest), the VGA (Village Grant Agreement) and the signing of the Green Charter at the respective villages. A meeting was held for all the VNRMC members of Mawblei to brief and assist them before opening the VRNMC bank account. The bank account was opened on the 18^th January 2021.

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Fig: Bank Account.

4.Participatory Rural Appraisal Exercise (PRA):

The PRA exercise aims to incorporate the knowledge and opinions of the community in the planning and management of development projects and programmes. The PRA exercise at Patharkhnang village took place,on the 11^th January 2021 where there were a total of 35 villagers, men and women included who took part in this exercise.

The initial stage of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) exercise at Patharkhnang village commenced with a meeting cum orientation program on CLLMP. While conducting the meeting, the community members were made aware of the various PRA exercises to be conducted for the development of Community Natural Resource Management Plan (CNRMP) of the village, the community members’ contribution in the exercise and the objectives to be achieved. The key informants (the VNRMC and the VCFs) helped facilitate maximum participation.

Commencement of PRA:

Introduction: Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is the process of involving local people in the analysis and interpretation of their own situation of a given rural area. The local people i.e., the participants take a leadership role in collecting, analysing, interpreting, and presenting information and in this process impart knowledge and development insight to the specialists and extension agents.

For management of natural resources, participatory Rural Appraisal is conducted to establish rapport with the village community as well as to identify and define problems for prioritization in the village itself. It is a way of learning from and with community members to investigate their need assessment, analyze and evaluate constraints and opportunities and find out priorities in the area of agriculture, small scale rural enterprises and any other social and economic development programs addressed to village development. Based on the principle of listening and learning.

Objectives of PRA exercise in Patharkhnang village:

The Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) exercise in Patharkhnang village was conducted with following objectives:

To identify the natural, human and economic resources of village.
To identify the village problems and prioritize them with the help of the community members.
To prepare the Community natural Resource Management Plan of the village.

Activity 1: Village Boundary Mapping and Resource Mapping.

The GIS in collaboration with the Village Community Facilitators mapped the village boundary of Patharkhnang Village and to involve the local community in preparation of village resource map as perceived by the community members to solicit their participation. Infrastructure, services, and other village resources such as agricultural lands, wells, Forest, wastelands, cattle population etc. were mapped. Local people prepared the Resource Map by drawing it on a chart paper as well as on the ground without much interference of outsiders.

This activity achieved the following purposes:

Rapport building and won the confidence of the villagers.
Analyzed the spatial information, particularly studied problems, and opportunities of villagers.
Got an impression about the village setting, physical layout, location of various houses and institution.

Findings Based on the Resource Map of Patharkhnang Village:

Main agriculture produce is Oranges.

2. There are two types of Forest ownership i.e., Private Forest and Clan Forest.

3. Presence of Community Hall.

4. Presence of Football playground.

5. There is only one springs Chamber.

6. One school in Patharkhnang Village i.e., Primary Schools.

7. There is only one Church within the village i.e, Presbyterian Church.

Activity 2: Baseline data Survey to fill the Environment and social Template:

During the PRA exercise, the External Expert of Social & Environment Management held group discussions with different groups to gather basic village information regarding number of households, demographic information, major crops, and enterprises taken in the village, trends of production and productivity of major crops in the village and demographic distribution of village population.

Information related to land use category such as forest, cultivable land, water bodies, etc and problems and challenges related to NRM were discussed.

4.3: Focussed Group Discussions:

A. Do people have sufficient access to supply of fodder, fuel wood, leaf litter?

B. Has access to timber improved or reduced over the years? How is access for household use and commercial use managed?

Improve

C. Are the water bodies facing any threats?

D. Do all people in the village have access to drinking water? What are the challenges?

Yes, Changing of season

E. Are there degraded areas in the village (open/ degraded forests, mining affected, high soil erosion etc.)?

Yes, road construction

F. What has caused this degradation? Are there practices causing threats to availability and access to natural resources?

Lack of drainage system, yes trees plantation

G. What have been the changes in agricultural practices?

Improving

H. Are there any challenges in farming?

I. How would you consider the health situation in your village?

Average

J. How is the situation of cleanliness, sanitation, access to toilets and waste management?

Average

K. Who are the most vulnerable in the village? What can be done to improve their lives

L. What are the livelihood aspirations of the youth? Are there any avenues available?

Business

M. Do any committees/ institutions/ rules exist to manage and monitor natural resources in the village?

N. What are some of the major issues of conflict in the village?

O. Have any of the above issues been discussed in village meetings?

P. How do people resolve disagreements and conflicts?

Mutual understanding within the village with the help of village council.

Activity 4: Seasonal Calendar:

The CLLMP team also mapped the seasonal calendar of Patharkhnang village to help identify heavy workload periods, periods of relative ease, credit crunch, diseases, food security, wage availability etc. This will prove helpful in project planning and project timeline framing.

Seasonal Calendar
Sl.no	criteria	jan	feb	mar	Apr	may	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	oct	Nov	Dec
1	Water Scarcity		1	1						3			2
2	Prone to sickness	2			1					1		2
3	Seeking job outside		1		2						1
4	Rainfall					1	1		1		2
5	Free-less work
6	Paddy cultivation					1	1
7	Paddy harvesting										1	1
8	Tree plantation					1	1
9	Vegetable crop plantation				1					1	2	2
10	Vegetable harvesting	3				2		1				2	1
11	Festive season	1	2									2	1
12	Forest fire
13	Collection of wood	1	3								2	1	1

5. Submission of the CNRMP:

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5.1 Final CNRMP Plan:

SL.No	Name of work	Site	Land ownership	Benefited	Priority (High/Medium/Low)
1	Spring Shed Construction	Porumtong	Kur Nongphud	6HH	High
2	Springshed	Pordinohsieh	Kur Nongphud	7HH	High
3	Springshed	Por mawthar	Kur Nongphud	6HH	High
4	Springshed	Umsohpet	Kur Nongphud	7HH	High
5	Check Dam	Dinohsieh	Kur Nongphud	10HH	High
6	Check Dam	Umsohpet	Kur Nongphud	6HH	High
7	Nursery Plant For Trees	Tiehshangbet	Kur Nongphud	All Household Need	High
8	Afforestation	Mawthungphar	Kur Nongphud	All Household of Village Patharkhnang	High
9	Soil Erosion Canal		Kur Nongphud		High
10	Cabin Wall		Kur Nongphud		High
11	Gully Plug		Kur Nongphud		High

6.Project Implementation:

Types of intervention	Sites name	GPS-Coordinates		Amount Sanctioned	Work status
Spring Chamber	Umsohpet	25.629487	91.150554	65,860	Completed

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Types of intervention	Sites name	GPS-Coordinates		Amount Sanctioned	Work status
Spring Chamber	Porumtong	25.62298639	91.15057139	63,660	Completed

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Types of intervention	Sites name	GPS-Coordinates		Amount Sanctioned	Work status
Nursery	Kyndangdiengkhiat	25.62777	91.14789	1,51,230	Completed

7.Fund Status:

Fund Released to VNRMC (Project Implementation)	Total amount Issued under CLLMP (Per Activity)	Total Amount Spent	Start Date	End Date
₹21,55,000/-	Spring Chamber	65,860	19-Apr-21	13-Sep-21
	Spring Chamber	63,660	19-Apr-21	02-Aug-21
	Community Nursery	1,51,230	18-Jun-21
	Check Dam	3,70,000	06-Jan-22	24-Mar-22
	Check Dam	3,86,400	22-Nov-21	28-Feb-22
	Treatment of Catchment Area	23,000	23-Jun-22	27-Jun-22
	RCC Check Dam	3,23,570	16-Jan-23	24-Feb-23
TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT		1,383,720