Proforma for Area Officers Visit to States - Watershed Programmes
Name of the State : Mizoram Name of the Area Officer : Shri V.M. Arora
I / Physical Progress: / Project : IWDP/ Hariyali1 / Total No. of projects sanctioned (Nos) / 52
2 / Total Area covered in Ha. / 433803 Ha
3 / No. of Projects completed (Nos) / NIL
4 / Area treated in Ha. / 18.3637
5 / No. of projects foreclosed (Nos) / 5
6 / No. of ongoing projects (Nos) / 47
7 / No. of delayed projects (Nos) / 47
II / Financial Progress:
1 / Total cost of the projects sanctioned / Rs. 260.2818 Cr
2 / Central share Rs. In crore / Rs. 236.62 Cr
3 / State share Rs. In Crore / Rs. 23.66 Cr
4 / Total funds released (upto 31.3.08) / Rs. 95.69732
5 / Central share Rs. In Crore / Rs. 87.8452 Cr
6 / State share Rs. In Crore / Rs. 7.85212 Cr
7 / Funds released during 2008-09 / Rs. 28.706829
8 / Central share Rs. In crore / Rs. 26.508579
9 / State share Rs. In Crore / Rs. 2.19825 Cr
10 / Total expenditure Rs. In Crore (as on 31.2.2009) / Rs. 94.3949 Cr
11 / Total unspent balance Rs. In Crore (as on31.2.2009) / Rs. 1.3024 Cr
12 / Pending UC in Nos for the funds released upto 31.3.2007 (as on 31.1.2010) / 3 nos.
13 / Funds involved in pending UC's Rs. In Crore
(as on 31.01.2010.) / Rs. 3.2788353 Cr
14 / Status of on line data entry MPR/QPRs / Not operational
III / Out Come
1 / Total Area Treated in Ha. / 183637 Ha
2. / Area treated with Soil & water conservation measures in ha. / 12314 Ha
3. / Water harvesting structures in Nos/Area covered in Ha. / 411/7073
4. / Afforestation (No. of plants/Ha. / 101701/37301 Ha
5. / Horticulture (No. of plants/Ha.) / 928.7 lakhs/
107118 Ha
6. / Pastures in Ha. / 19831 Ha
7. / No. of persons trained/expenditure incurred Rs. In Crore / 41313/Rs. 2.606 Cr
8. / No. of SHGs formed / 822
9. / No. of SHGs provided revolving fund/Amount in Rs. in crore / 822/Rs. 8.22 Cr
10. / Any other treatment measures taken up and area treated in Ha. / NIL
Status of Role out Plan:
1. Is SLNA constituted by the State Government? If not by what time SLNA will be constituted?
Ans: SLNA is already constituted by the State of Mizoram.
2. If SLNA constituted, has membership of SLNA been notified?
Ans: SLNA membership is notified
3. Whether independent bank account opened by SLNA?
Ans: SLNA has opened two nos. of saving account at Civil Secretariat New Capital Complex- Khatla Aizawl jointly operated by the Chairman SLNA (MZWDA) and CEO, SLNA (MZWDA).
4. Had budget estimate for SLNA/SLDC been sent to CLNA?
Ans: Yet, to be sent.
5. Whether TORs with Resource organizations developed by SLNA or not?
Ans: Developed.
6. Has setting up of DWDU’s in the districts by SLNA/State govt. been done? If yes, collect the list of District eligible for DWDU.
Ans: All the eight District of Mizoram.
(1) Aizawl
(2) Lunglei
(3) Kolasib
(4) Mamit
(5) Serchhip
(6) Champhai
(7) Saiha
(8) Lawngtlai
7. Has SLNA prepares the perspective & strategic plan for the State?
Ans: Yes.
8. List of Resource Organization available in the State for taking up M&E activities:
Ans: SLNA, DWDU, PIA State Institute of Rural Development Kolasib, Mizoram.
9. List of institutions/organizations available for taking up capacity building activities in the State.
Ans: Mizoram Remote Sensing 7 Application Centre (MIRSAC), State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD), Kolasib Mizoram and its Extension Training Centres (ETCs) at T hingsulthliah and Pukpui.
10. Arrangement made by the State for taking up I.E.C. activities.
Ans: (1) TV Scroll display
(2) Advertisement
(3) Awareness campaign
(4) Short drama with stories
Proforma for Area Officers Field Visit to District - Watershed Programmes
Name of the State : Mizoram Name of the Area Officer : Shri V.M. Arora
I / Physical Progress: / IWDP/ Hariyali1 / Total No. of projects sanctioned (Nos) / 7
2 / Total Area covered in Ha. / 56315
3 / No. of Projects completed (Nos) / NIL
4 / Area treated in Ha. / 38882.53 Ha
5 / No. of projects foreclosed (Nos) / NIL
6 / No. of ongoing projects (Nos) / 7
7 / No. of delayed projects (Nos) / 7
II / Financial Progress:
1 / Total cost of the projects sanctioned / Rs.33.789 Cr
2 / Central share Rs. In crore / Rs. 30.7173 Cr
3 / State share Rs. In Crore / Rs. 3.0717 Cr
4 / Total funds released (upto 31.3.08) / Rs. 15.8775 Cr
5 / Central share Rs. In Crore / Rs. 14.5503 Cr
6 / State share Rs. In Crore / Rs. 1.3272 Cr
7 / Funds released during 2008-09 / Rs. 8.38448 Cr
8 / Central share Rs. In crore / Rs. 7.90208 Cr
9 / State share Rs. In Crore / Rs. 0.4824 Cr
10 / Total expenditure Rs. In Crore (as on 31.2.2010) / Rs. 25.4368 Cr
11 / Total unspent balance Rs. In Crore (as on 31.2.2010) / Rs. 0.4286 Cr
12 / Pending UC in Nos for the funds released upto 31.3.2007 (as on 25.02.2010) / NIL
13 / Funds involved in pending UC's Rs. In Crore (as on 25.02.2010) / NIL
14 / Status of on line data entry MPR/QPRs / Not operational
III / Out Come
1 / Total Area Treated in Ha. / 38882.53 Ha
2. / Area treated with Soil & water conservation measures in ha. / 8570.46 Ha
3. / Water harvesting structures in No.s/Area covered in Ha. / 8853 Nos
4. / Afforestation (No. of plants/Ha. / 25.73 lakhs/10984 Ha
5. / Horticulture (No. of plants/Ha.) / 107.4lakhs/16031 Ha
6. / Pastures in Ha. / 3297.07
7. / No. of persons trained/expenditure incurred Rs. In Crore / 11867/Rs. 0.4549 Cr
8. / No. of SHGs formed / 103
9. / No. of SHGs provided revolving fund/Amount in Rs. in crore / 103/Rs. 1.03 Cr
10. / Any other treatment measures taken up and area treated in Ha. / NIL
A detailed tour report about sites visited along with observations/suggestions and some photographs (location/scheme) of assets created under the project is enclosed.
TOUR NOTE OF SHRI V.M ARORA, DIRECTOR AND AREA OFFICER (MIZORAM), DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES, MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO MAMIT DISTRICT, MIZORAM
I visited Mizoram from 23.02.2010 to 26.02.2010 to attend the meeting of the State Level Nodal Agency for Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) convened on 24.02.2010. I also took this opportunity to visit some of the ongoing IWDP projects in the state. Of the eight districts of Mizoram, I chose Mamit district for my field visit since the projects in this district had claimed at least three installments and also because the project locations were such that one could visit the maximum number of sites in one day. The visit was conducted on 25.02.2010, and I was accompanied by the following officers from Aizawl :
1. Shri V. Lalremthanga, Director, Rural Development Department
2. Shri Rotluanga, Project Director, DRDA, Aizawl District
3. Smt. Ramdinliani, Joint Director, Rural Development Department
4. Smt. Hmangaihzuali, Junior Project Officer (Horticulture), Rural Development Dept.
A brief report of the field visit is given below:
No. of districts visited : 1 (One)
No. of IWDP Projects visited : 2 (Two)
Names of IWDP Projects visited : 1. Mamit IWDP Project III
2. Mamit IWDP Project VII
The Hills in Mizoram have very good vegetation. But, the practice of jhum cultivation is destroying the green cover in Mizo Hills. Under the jhum cultivation, the villagers cut the existing trees in a patch of about 2-3 ha. and, thereafter, burn the ground cover and bushes to take up agriculture on this piece of land for a brief period of 4-5 years, till the soil loses its fertility. After this period, the villagers move out to another piece of land and cut the vegetation on that land, and the cycle goes on. During my visit, number of such areas were seen where the vegetation was cut and the ground cover was being burnt.
Site of jhum cultivation – vegetation being burnt
Mamit IWDP Project III
The Project Implementing Agency for this Project is the District Soil Conservation Officer, Mamit district. The present incumbent is Shri Hualthanga Chhakchhuak. Due to the hilly and difficult terrain of the district and the state as a whole, the project sites are not located in a compact cluster. Most of the sites had to be approached on foot from the main road. Six works under this project, spread across 4 (four) villages were visited.
1. Construction of community water reservoir at Ailawng village
The location of the water reservoir is on the outskirts of Ailawng village, at a place called Daithlang Ram, above the main road. The tank, constructed with reinforced cement concrete at a cost of Rs. 3.00 lakhs, has a storage capacity of 1.6 lakh litres. The water collected in the reservoir is sourced from a perennial stream called Kawnchar Lui (‘Lui’ means ‘stream’ or ‘river’ in Mizo language) located at a distance of about 600 metres.
Community water reservoir at Ailawng village
A User Group for the above reservoir has been formed, and the contribution that has accumulated in the Watershed Development Fund is Rs. 154278.60 as on the 18.02.2010. The Fund has been deposited in a Joint Savings Account with State Bank of India, Mamit Branch.
Although the initial beneficiaries were 10 (ten) in number, whose names are listed below, there are at present about 20 farmers who are utilizing this water for irrigating their fields.
Distribution of water for irrigation to User Group Members
2. Individual water tank at Ailawng village
This tank is also located at Daithlang ram, some distance away from the community water reservoir above and closer to Ailawng village. The main beneficiary is Shri R. Dengthuama, a horticulture farmer. I visited his farm, located about half a kilometer below the main road. The beneficiary, a widower, was present on his farm and I had a brief interaction with him, during which he told me that that he had planted 1000 grape and 1000 pineapple saplings in 2007 on his farm which covers an area of about 2 hectares. He also informed that he had so far earned an income of about Rs. 40,000 from his grape harvest and about Rs. 20,000/- from pineapples. He estimated his profits to be approximately half of his sales. He received Rs. 5,100/ha from the project and has contributed 5% to the Watershed Development Fund. He also informed me that he did not engage any labour on his farm and that he did all the manual labor himself or with the help of his two sons.
Individual water tank at Ailawng village
3. Chow Chow (Iskut in Mizo language) Plantation at Ailawng village
This plantation is about 2 hectares in size and located at Aisih Ram, a short detour from the main road to Ailawng village. The beneficiary is Shri P.C Lalbiakkima, a horticulture farmer of Ailawng village. The beneficiary informed me that in 2006, he had planted 500 saplings of avocado (butter fruit), a nutritional and high value fruit. He informed me that each sapling costs Rs. 30/- and that depending upon the soil and climatic conditions, each tree can bear upto 1000 fruits a year for about 30 - 40 years. The fruits are normally sold at Rs. 15 - 20 per piece. The gestation period of avocado is about 8 years. He has also planted chow chow or chayot (known in Mizo language as ‘Iskut’ and also commonly referred to as ‘Squash’), a quick yielding vegetable to earn him income during the gestation period of the avocado. He told me that with the PVC pipes he received through the project, he has tapped water from a nearby source an irrigating his farm so as to obtain an early yield of the chow chow, since it will fetch him more profits. The vegetable is normally sold at Rs. 25 - 30 per kg during the off season and Rs. 2 - 3/- during the peak season. He also does not employ labourers, and is assisted by his wife, as they have no children. He received Rs. 5,100/ha from the project and has contributed 5% to the Watershed Development Fund.
Discussion with farmers
4. Passion fruit cultivation at Ailawng village
This plantation is also located at Aisih Ram, within the vicinity of and a short walk from the chow chow plantation mentioned above. The beneficiary is Shri R. Lalchungnunga of Ailawng village. He has planted 800 passion fruit seedlings on his 2 hectare farm, which had started fruiting. I was told that the plant starts flowering in December and starts bearing fruits in February - March. The fruits normally ripen by June - July. He told me that he can sell the fruits in the open market at Aizawl at about Rs. 10 per kg, whereas when the fruits are sold on the farm itself, he gets about Rs. 5 - 6 per kg. He also has a banana plantation, from which he earns an annual income of about Rs. 20,000/-.