| Sanction Date: | 31-03-2016 | ||||
| Project Category | LG | ||||
| Year | 2015-2016 | ||||
| Project Duration | 3 Years | ||||
| BTA : | Handling of Hazardous substances | ||||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
Site I:Seven states of North-Eastern India (for shifting cultivation area monitoring) Site II: Two states viz., Meghalaya and Assam (for coal mining area restoration). |
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| Organization/ Implementation Agency: | North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong | ||||
| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | Roles & Responsibilities | ||
1. |
Dr. K. Sarma, Indraprashtha University, Delhi | Identification and mapping of coal mine areas in north-eastern India along a time gradient | |||
2. |
Dr. M.D. Behera, IIT, Kharagpur | • Long-term ecological monitoring of shifting cultivation areas using imageries and GIS along a temporal and spatial scale. • Depict the changes in cropping pattern in shifting cultivation. |
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Dr. S.R. Joshi, North-Eastern Hill University Shillong | • Screening of local microbes for potential application in AMD treatment. • Development of a microbial consortium for AMD treatment to be a part of the integrated technology for AMD treatment. • Rhizobium and phosphorus solubilizing bacteria inoculation in shifting cultivation plots, and mycorrhizal inoculation for quality planting material. |
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| Lead Proponent: | Prof. S.K. Barik Director CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
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| Project Brief Description: | North eastern India is one among the Biodiversity rich regions of the world. But this region faces threats due to anthropogenic activities viz., coal mining, shifting cultivation, alien species invasionalong with natural disasters like landslides. The current project focuses on addressing the four major concerns of the region: Invasive alien species, landslide sensitive zone mapping, environmental and ecological monitoring of coal mines and shifting cultivated areas. The project fits well with the broad thematic group- •Environmental assessment and management• of the National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS)and addresses the Thematic areas of Work (TAW) (i) Long term ecological/environmental monitoring, (ii) Natural and man-made disaster risk reduction and (iii) Invasive alien species. Methods like geospatial tools amalgamated with the ecological inventory methods are used to monitor the effects of mining and other activities. Various datasets and models will be developed to address the above issue in north eastern India which include restoration of the affected areas, risk maps on landslides and controlling methods for invasive alien species. The data will be useful to various communities of the society along with the governmental agencies viz., forest departments, border road organisation etc. The beneficiaries of the project include the governmental agencies and local stake holders. | ||||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | The project beneficiaries include shifting cultivators, coal miners and mining affected populations, and indigenous/local communities belonging to scheduled tribe categories. | ||||
| Activity Chart (For 3years) | Click Here | ||||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 2,85,65,600/- ( Rupees- Two crore eighty five lakh sixty five thousand six hundred only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| Long-term ecological monitoring of shifting cultivation areas in seven states of North-Eastern India, and technology/ model development for restoration/ improvement of shifting cultivation |
1. Sustainable management of degraded forest ecosystem indicated by • Permanent tree cover is developed on shifting cultivation (Jhum) plots • Settled cultivation is practised on the same piece of land • Productivity does not decrease year after year, • Improvement in economic condition/income of the shifting cultivator • The cultivation plots maintain ecosystem services |
Objective 1 • Number of shifting cultivation (Jhum) plots (in Nos) developed. • Area of land brought under Settled cultivation (ha) • Productivity maintained (t/ha) • Improvement in economic condition/ income of the shifting cultivator (in Rs.) |
| Environmental monitoring of coal mining areas in North-Eastern India, and technology development for treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) and restoration of coal mine affected areas in two states viz., Meghalaya and Assam. |
Sustainable management of coal mine affected ecosystems, reduced pollution in adjoining forests, wetlands and agriculture ecosystems • Acid mine drainage problem is reduced/resolved at 2 sites, • Mine spoils and abandoned mine areas are rehabilitated at 2 sites, • Ecosystems affected by mining start recovering • The restored sites provide ecosystem services |
Objective 1 • Acid mine drainage problem is reduced/resolved (% from baseline) • Mine spoils and abandoned mine areas are rehabilitated (ha) • Ecosystems affected by mining start recovering (comparable digital maps) |
| S.No. | Name | Qualification | Designation | Salary |
| 1. | Dr. Subhro Banerjee | Ph.D. (Biotechnology) | Research Associate III | Rs. 40,000/- per month + 10% HRA |
| 2. | Dr. AnamikaUpadhaya | Ph.D. (Environmental Science) | Research Associate I | Rs. 36,000/- per month + 10% HRA |
| 3. | Dr. Namita Thapa | Ph.D. (Botany) | Research Associate I | Rs. 36,000/- per month + 10% HRA |
| 4. | Ms. Lily Shylla | M.Sc. (Biotechnology) | Junior Project Fellow | Rs. 16,000/- per month + 10% HRA for the 1st two years and Rs. 18,000/- per month + 10% HRA for the 3rd year |
| 5. | Mr. Mansan M. Rynghang | Graduate | Field Attendant | Rs. 10,000/- per month for 1st two years and Rs. 11,000/- per month for 3rd year |
| 6. | Mr. Marshall Pyngrope | Class XII passed | Field Assistant | Rs. 8,000/- per month for 1st two years and Rs. 9,000/- per month for 3rd year |
| 7. | Mr. BhaboklangLyngdoh | Graduate | Field Assistant | Rs. 8,000/- per month for 1st two years and Rs. 9,000/- per month for 3rd year |
| 8. | Mr. Dipu Choudhary | Class X passed | Field Assistant | Rs. 8,000/- per month for 1st two years and Rs. 9,000/- per month for 3rd year |
| 9. | Mr. PynshlurlangSyiem | Class IX passed | Field Assistant | Rs. 8,000/- per month for 1st two years and Rs. 9,000/- per month for 3rd year |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment | Details | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | Workstation | Data storage and analysis | 1,90,287 |
