Rongma Agalgre

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

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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 .

ACTIVITIES .

1. GROUND TRUTHING 6

CASE FINDINGS 6

LIST OF NATURAL RESOURCES AT RONGMA AGALGRE VILLAGE 6

2. SENSITIZATION PROGRAMME 6

3. OPENING OF BANK ACCOUNT 8

4. PRA EXERCISE 8

5. DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN (CNRMP) 9

6. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION 9

Introduction

Rongma Agalgre Village falls under the Betasing block of south west Garo hills district in the state of Meghalaya. The village is at a distance of4km from Ampati, the district headquarters of south west Garo hills, District and is at a total distance of 357kmfrom the state capital, Shillong. It falls under Nokmaship with a total geographical area of 118.02ha and a total population of 301 villagers. There are various ways to reach to the village, with majority of the people relying on private Auto and other vehicles 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.Juni Ch.Marak, the Nokma,of the Rongma Agalgre Village, on the 14th November, 2020 for Ground Truthing. He informed the team regarding the current scenario of the landscape and the natural resource management under his headmanship.

CASE FINDINGS

The village has more than 105 HH. Out of the 105 HH, 68 belong to the below poverty line (BPL) category.
It has an actively performing VEC.
Local tree species.

LIST OF NATURAL RESOURCES AT RONGMA AGALGRE VILLAGE

Orchid, jackfruit, banana, orange, pomelo, papaya, litchi, coconut.
Bay leaves, betel leaves, betelnuts, black pepper, broom grass, lemon grass.
Brinjal, tapioca, chilli, tomato, pumpkin, neem, green vegetables, yam, ginger, turmeric, mustard.
Rice, corn, millets, sweet potatoes

SENSITIZATION PROGRAMME

The sensitization programmetook place on the 14^thNovember, 2020at the village L.P school of Rongma Agalgre Village. The headman of Rongma Agalgre Village, Mr.Juni Ch. Marak, presided over the programme. Around 30community members attended the sensitization program, whereas significant number of the attendees were women.

The Assistant Manager(Social Management) Mr.Salman A.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). He also spoke about the different aspects and procedures of the project and gave due importance on theobjectivesof the project and itsbenefits.

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

The villagers were interest to know more about the CLLMP project some of them raise a question if they can use the money for road construction.
The village clarified about the wages for the work.
They raise the question whether this project works for water conservation but also with other development of the village.
By this project what was the benefits for the villagers.

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 staff. 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	Occupa-tion	Community	Religion and Denomination	Contact No and email address
1	TENMI R.SANGMA	PRESIDENT	F	32	VI	FARMER	GARO	CHRISTIAN	9436986819
2	TETNANG M.MARAK	SECRETARY	M	37	B.A	FARMER	GARO	CHRISTIAN	8731879118
3	JASPER SARDIUS CH.MARAK	BOOKKEEPER	M	28	XII	FARMER	GARO	CHRISTIAN	7005521591
4	SANITHA R.SANGMA	MEMBER	F	28	VI	FARMER	GARO	CHRISTIAN	NIL
5	GELAP CH.MARAK	MEMBER	M	57	V	FARMER	GARO	CHRISTIAN	NIL
6	LUSANA M.MARAK	MEMBER	F	33	VI	FARMER	GARO	CHRISTIAN	NIL
7	TANGCHENG N.MARAK	MEMBER	M	27	XII	FARMER	GARO	CHRISTIAN	9612580391
8	KEPINA CH.MOMIN	MEMBER	F	33	V	FARMER	GARO	CHRISTIAN	6909232419
9	THISON R.MARAK	MEMBER	M	41	IX	FARMER	GARO	CHRISTIAN	9862703940

Village Community Facilitators

NIKSERA CH. MARAK

SM/KM

Garo

Christian

9366030710

Sengsin Sangma

M&E

Garo

Christian

9365539066

Purchase Committee

BISWAJEET R. MARAK

BA Pass

Garo

Christian

8787797920

TIJAK CH. MARAK

Garo

Christian

NIL

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 Rongma Agalgre Village. Mr.Salman A Marak of 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 Rongma Agalgre Village took place on the24^thNovember 2020. There were a total of 75 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 24^thNovember 2020. A total of 75 men 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.Eden Aranchi A Sangma, the Natural Resources Management PA, who 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	Completion Date	Amount	Remarks
1	Hot Composting (18th Days Compost)	Songma-gittim	5	30/01/21	02/08/21	33,000/-	Completed
2	Community nursery	Songma-gittim	4	12/10/21	29/06/22	1,25,600/-	Completed
3	Spring Chamber	Songgitcham	12	17/09/21	24/11/21	2,74,330/-	Completed
4	Spring Chamber	Augustine Chimik	14	10/11/21	16/12/21	2,30,500/-	Completed
5	RCC Check dam	Songitcham chiring	8	13/04/22	25/05/22	2,78,960/-	Completed
6	Spring Chamber	Rohen sangma aa Chimik	10	28/06/22	10/08/22	2,60,580/-	Completed
7	Spring Chamber	Demdema chimik	9	24/04/22	05/06/22	2,45,590/-	Completed
8	Spring Chamber	Demdema 2 chimik	8	28/06/22	12/08/22	2,49,850/-	Completed
9	Spring Chamber	Garam Chimik	10	28/08/22	08/04/22	2,37,720/-	Completed
10	Spring Chamber	Napson chimik		12/08/22	21/08/22	2,18,870/-	On-going
11	Agro-forestry	Sardus Bagan	6	02/08/22	11/08/22	92,100/-	Completed
12	Agro-forestry	Teson Bagan	8	02/08/22	09/08/22	1,24,600/-	Completed
13	Agro-forestry	Dune Bagan	9	04/08/22	08/08/22	1,38,500/-	Completed
14	Dugout Pond	Rosen digi	-	28/10/22	-	1,44,800/-	On-going
15	Forest management plan	Rongma-agalgre		09/02/23		41,000/-	Completed
	Total Amount					26,96,000/-

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
RONGMA AGALGRE		15		26,96,000/-