BURIDIHING HARIYALI PROJECT MARGHERITA TINSUKIA ASSAM DISTRICT RURAL

BURIDIHING HARIYALI PROJECT MARGHERITA, TINSUKIA (ASSAM) DISTRICT RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: TINSUKIA Presented by: Shri Deepak Kr. Barua, ACS Project Director DRDA, Tinsukia (Assam)

PROJECT PROFILE COVERAGE AREA: 6000 Hact. PROJECT COST: 360 LAKHS INTRODUCTION OF PROJECT: 2003 -04 Total Household : 2798 Total Population : 17117 PIA : Block Development Officer, Margherita Gram Panchayat : i. Inthem G. P. ii. Ketetong G. P.

IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEMS 1. Soil Erosion problem. 2. Degradation of cultivable land due to sand deposition. 3. Water logging in cultivable land. 4. Low Agricultural Productivities 5. Less Vegetation in the area. 6. Very low socio-economic condition of villagers.

STRATEGY & ACTION PLAN i. To obtain optimum yield. ii. Utilization of natural bodies. iii. Afforestation. iv. Land Development Programme v. Soil Moisture Conservation Works vi. Horticultural Development

TARGET AND ACHIEVEMENT UPTO DECEMBER 2007 Total fund received Total expenditure: Component : 162. 00 Lakhs 156. 55 Lakhs Achievement SHG Formation : 64 Nos. User Group Formation : 114 Nos. Training to SHG/UG/WA : 243 Nos. Soil moisture Conv. work : 47 Nos. Water harvesting structure work : 35 Nos. Afforestation Work : 32 Hact. Pasture Development : 1 Hact. Horticulture area Dev. : 80 Hact. Total Area treated : 2835 Hact.

Component Achievement Wasteland converted to crop area Area under Irrigation : : 1900 Hact. 390 Hact. HYV Paddy variety introduced Paddy Yield : : 114 Hact. 2500 qntl. /Hact. Cropping intensity increase : Nursery Developed 3 Nos. : 127% Horticulture Plantation : 18. 44 Hact. Fishery Development 9 Nos. :

ACTIVITIES All the works have been executed through PRI, Users’ Group and WDTs Basic Orientation Training for SHG, Ketetong GP

Skill up-gradation training for SHG

Training for villagers and SHG members

Training on Medicinal and Aromatic plants

Construction and improvement of Bura beel Nallah SWS: -Rath Duba, G. P: -Ketetong, E. A. : -Rs. 1. 54 lacs. , Area treated: -10 ha, Purpose of the scheme: -To drain out excess water from paddy field.

Drain at Dora Bora, s Land SWS: -Nakong, G. P: -Ketetong, E. A. : -Rs 1. 50 lac, Area treated: -60 ha. Purpose of the scheme: -To bring water to the paddy field.

Dev. of Inthong nallah at Borfakial SWS: -No. 1 Bapu pather, G. P: -Ketetong, E. A. : -Rs 1. 80 lac Area treated: -80 ha. Purpose of the scheme: -To drain out excess water from water logged area of No. 2 Fakial and Borfakial paddy field through Inthong nallah.

Drain at Doompani paddy field including sluice gate and bundh SWS: -Longtikhak. , G. P: -Inthem, E. A. : -Rs 3. 42 lac, Area treated: -40 ha. Purpose of the scheme: To trap the water of Manmoujan and use it for double cropping.

Construction of drain from. No. 2 Tokopather to No 1 Tokopather SWS: -No. 2 Tokopather, G. P: Inthem, E. A. : -Rs. 2. 85 lacs, Area treated: -100 ha. Purpose of the scheme: To drain out excess water from paddy field of No. 2 Tokopather and utilized in No. 1 Tokopather.

Development of fishery tank SWS: -Alubari, G. P: Ketetong, E. A. : -Rs. 0. 524 lac, Area treated: -0. 35 ha. Purpose of the scheme: Renovation of old fishery tank at individual level for pisiculture as well as ground water recharge.

Name of Scheme: Development of Nursery SWS: -Dibong, G. P: -Ketetong, E. A. : -Rs. 1. 041 lac, Area treated: -0. 27 ha. Purpose of the scheme: -to produce saplings of different tree species for distribution among the villagers as well use these on different aforestation programmes under Hariyali.

Crop demonstration with minor irrigation SWS: -Ubon, G. P: -Ketetong, E. A. : -0. 9558 lacs. , Area treated: -2. 00 ha Purpose of the scheme: Demonstration of high yielding varieties and proper package of practices of paddy cultivation.

Pineapple Cultivation. SWS: - Nagapather, G. P: - Inthem, E. A. : - 0. 50 lacs, Area treated: - 0. 27 ha. Purpose of the scheme: Introduction of high yielding horticultural variety as well as motivating people for horticultural crop.

Crop Demonstration with minor irrigation. SWS: -Khaman G. P: - Ketetong E. A. : - 0. 9558 lacs Area treated: - 2 ha. Purpose of the scheme: Introduction of high yielding variety and upto date package of practices for paddy cultivation.

Multiple cropping of Banana and Pineapple. SWS: - Khaman G. P: - Ketotong E. A. : -0. 80 ha Area treated: - 0. 27 ha. Purpose of the scheme: - Demonstration of multiple cropping for horticultural crop with high yielding variety.

Protection of erosion from Manmowjan (Gully control) SWS: - Manmow, G. P: - Ketetong, E. A. : - 3. 00 lac. , Area treated: - 91. 682 ha. Purpose of the scheme: - Gully erosion control from Mamowjan.

Gully control near Borfakial Buddha Mandir. SWS: - Rathduba, G. P: - Ketetong, E. A. : - 2. 00 lacs. , Area treated: - 5 ha. Purpose of the scheme: - to protect the village like Borfakial and Dibong fakial from the Gully erosion of dehing river.

Construction of Alubari drain at No. 1 Alubari SWS: - Alubari, G. P: - Ketetong, E. A. : - 0. 775 lac, Purpose of the scheme: to drain out excess water from Alubari beel to facilitate rice production.

Establishment of Piggery, Goatery, Duckery &Fodder cultivation SWS: -Nakong, G. P: -Ketetong, E. A. : -0. 40 lacs Purpose of the scheme: Economic upliftment of stack holders of the Hariyali project.

Establishment of Piggery, Goatery, Duckery &Handloom Unit SWS: -No 2 Bapupather, G. P: Ketetong, Area treated: 0. 40 lacs Purpose of the scheme: Economic upliftment of stack holders of the Hariyali project

Land reclamation at Ulup beel for water conservation SWS: -Hansora G. P: -Inthem E. A. : -Rs 1. 50 Lac Area treated: -20 ha. Purpose of the scheme: Water conservation and ground water recharge and pisiculture for unemployed youth

Culvert at Rathduba for excess water out S. W. S-Rathduba, Ketetong G. P. Estimated Amt. : -0. 75 lac(Rs. 0. 50 in the yr. 2003 -04 & Rs. 0. 25 in the yr. 2004 -05), Area treated: -85 ha. Purpose of the Scheme: To drain out excess water from the paddy field of Rathduba area.

Construction of earthen bundh at the drain from Doompani Bridge to Uluppather for Pisi culture SWS: - Longtikhak, G. P: - Inthem, E. A. : - 1. 50 lacs. , Area treated: - 100 ha. Purpose of the scheme: - Water conservation as well as Pisciculture

Crop demonstrstion (Paddy) at Inthem GP