RERAPARA

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 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 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”

Contents

INTRODUCTION 4

HISTORY 4

ACTIVITIES 5

1. GROUND TRUTHING 5

CASE FINDINGS 5

LIST OF NATURAL RESOURCES AT RERAPARA VILLAGE 6

2. SENSITIZATION PROGRAMME 7

3. OPENING OF BANK ACCOUNT 9

4. PRA EXERCISE …………………………………………………………………………….10

5. DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN (CNRMP) ………………………………………………………………………11

6. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION 12

Introduction

Rerapara Village falls under the Rerapara block of South West Garo Hills district in the state of Meghalaya. The village is at a distance of 35km from Ampati, the district headquarters of South West Garo Hills District and is at a total distance of 353.9km from the state capital, Shillong. It falls under Nokmaship and the total geographical area is 294.5ha and a total population is 511 villagers. There are various ways to reach to the village, with majority of the people relying on auto, private vehicle to reach there on a sharing basis.

VILLAGE PROFILE

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Activities

GROUND TRUTHING

The district project management unit (DPMU) of South West Garo Hills met with Mr. Kremison Ch Marak the VEC secretary of Village, on the 15 October 2019 for Ground Truthing. He informed the team regarding the current scenario of the landscape and the natural resource management under his Leadership.

CASE FINDINGS

The village has 85HH. Out of the 85 HH,70 belong to the below poverty line (BPL) category.
It has an actively performing VEC.
There is no proper access to drinking water. Their drinking water source is located within the village yet quite far to some families.
Local tree species.

LIST OF NATURAL RESOURCES AT RERAPARA VILLAGE

Jackfruit, banana, orange, pomelo, papaya, guava, litchi, coconut.
Bay leaves, betel leaves, betel nuts, black pepper, broom grass, lemon grass
Brinjal, tapioca, chilli, tomato, pumpkin, neem, green vegetables, yam, ginger, turmeric.
Rice, corn, (seasonal).

SENSITIZATION PROGRAMME

The sensitization programme took place on the 15 October 2019 at the village Nokma Katchari. The VEC Secretary of Rerapara Village, Mr. Kremison Ch. Marak, presided over the programme. Around 52 community members attended the sensitization program, whereas significant numbers of the attendees were women.

The Natural Resource Manager West Garo Hills Ms. Dimera R Marak gave a brief introduction on Meghalaya Basin Management Agency (MBMA) and elucidated about the various programmes and projects that MBMA is working on, but mainly focused on the Community Led Landscape Management Project (CLLMP). She also spoke about the different aspects and procedures of the project and gave due importance on the objectives of the project and its benefits.

Ms. Silangchi Sangma spoke on Social aspect of the Community Led Landscape Management Project by giving numerous examples. She also enlightened the various benefits that the community could obtain from the project.

The Program was followed by an interactive session to answer the doubts and questions of the villagers.

The villagers asked if they can make the pond and road with this project.
How to implement this project

2.2 Signing of Documents: After the interactive session, the village signed the EOI, VGA and Green charter followed by the selection of candidates for the Village Natural Resource Management Committee. The Village Executive Committee (VEC) and the entire community carried out the procedure and elected the members of the VNRMC on the same day.

2.3 Formation of the VNRMC

The Formation of the Village Natural Resource Management Committee was done in a public meeting in the presence of the entire village and the CLLMP staffs. The community itself 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 (9-member committee constituted from Village Council, SHG group, Women’s group, youth, VEC)
Name in Full		Designation	Gender M/F	Age (Yrs)	Education	Occupation	Community	Religion and Denomination	Contact No and email address
1	ROMPILA CH. SANGMA	President	F	32	X	Farmer	Garo	Christian	6009436862
2	MARTHIN CH. SANGMA	Secretary	M	49	X	Farmer	Garo	Christian	9366972798
3	PRENITH B. MARAK	Bookkeeper	M	27	X	Farmer	Garo	Christian	8837273051
4	POLITHA D. SANGMA	Member	F	35	X	GOVT. SERVICE	Garo	Christian	6009217473
5	KREMISON CH. SANGMA	Member	M	55	X	Farmer	Garo	Christian	8729963606
6	KOMPILLA CH. SANGMA	Member	F	42	III	Farmer	Garo	Christian	8787379172
7	JESIN CH. SANGMA	Member	M	43	II	Farmer	Garo	Christian	9366834230
8	JORTI R. MARAK	Member	F	45	IV	Farmer	Garo	Christian	NA
9	GANOL SANGMA	Member	M	41	X	Farmer	Garo	Christian	NA

Village Community Facilitators (VCF)

BINCHENG CH. SANGMA

SM/KM

Garo

Christian

6000545301

DIMSILCHI MARAK

M&E

Garo

Christian

6009152029

Purchase Committee

RABISON CH. SANGMA

XII

Garo

Christian

9366232147

NORILLA CH. MARAK

Garo

Christian

8413930487

OPENING OF BANK ACCOUNT

The opening of the bank account was initiated after the village signed the EOI (Expression of Interest), the VGA (Village Grant Agreement) and the Green Charter.

A Meeting was also held with all members of the Village Natural Resource Management Committee (VNRMC) of Rerapara Village. Mr. Christ Arengh from the CLLMP team had briefed them before opening the bank account.

PRA EXERCISE

The PRA exercise aims to incorporate the knowledge and opinions of the community in the planning and management of development projects and programmes.

PRA exercise at Rerapara Village took place on the18th June 2020. There were a total of 24 villagers taking part in this exercise who contributed their time and knowledge to this project.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN (CNRMP)

The Community Natural Resource Management Plan was prepared at a village level meeting held on the 18 June 2020. A total of 24men and women from the village, including members of the Village Natural Resource Management Committee (VNRMC) were present to voice their problems and opinion while preparing the Community Natural Resource Management Plan.

Plan Estimate:

The CLLMP Team also made an inspection to the proposed intervention sites of the CNRMP along with Ms.DimeraMarak,.the Natural Resourse management Programme Associate of the CLLMP is responsible for providing the estimates of the plans.

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

SL No	Name of proposed interventions	Site Name	Nos of HHs expected to Benefit	Start Date	End Date	Amount	Remarks
1	Water Conservation dam	Solith Chidare	13	09/07/21	30/08/21	179,000.00	Completed
2	Gabion Dam	Wage Chiring	9	09/11/21	10/12/21	59,000.00	Completed
3	Water Conservation dam	Mamuni Chimik	9	08/09/21	29/10/21	102,800.00	Completed
4	Spring Chamber	A,ding Chiring	16	08/09/21	29/10/21	285,000.00	Completed
5	Rcc Water Conservation Dam	Musin Chiring	8	24/03/21	21/05/21	370,000.00	Completed
6	Dam with Storage Tank	Culvert Chiring	10	23/04/22	14/09/22	250,000.00	Completed
7	Water Reservoir	Rusu Bisik	9	23/04/22	09/12/22	338,000.00	Completed
8	18th days Hot Composting	rusu	7	03/06/22	24/06/22	33,000.00	Completed
9	Plantation of saplings	Rerapara roadside Dobol lake	8	03/08/22	26/08/22	76550	Completed
10	Community Nursery	Rusu	7	09/04/22	16/11/22	123650	Completed
11	Water Reservoir	Uri Bisik		-	-	338000	On-going
12	Afforestation	Rerapara Road Side	8	03/08/22	12/11/22	112000	Completed
13	Agro-forestry	Chambu	6	03/08/22	08/11/22	107500	Completed
14	Agro-forestry	Community Reserve	7	03/08/22	15/11/22	138500	Completed
15	Spring Chamber	Nokma gittim		08/12/22	-	142000	On-going
16	Forest management plan	Rerapara		18/01/23		149000	Completed
	Total Amount					28,04,000/-

17	Permanent Nursery	Rimina a.a	Community	06-01-2023		300000	0ngoing

7. FUND STATUS(60 % OUTLAY)

Name of Village	Fund Released to VNRMC	Total No. of Work Orders Issued	Total amount Issued under CLLMP (Per Activity)	Total Amount Spent
REREPARA		15		28,04,000/-