| Sanction Date: | 12-09-2016 | ||||
| Project Category | SG | ||||
| Year | 2016-2017 | ||||
| Project Duration | 3 Years | ||||
| BTA : | Livelihood Options and Employment Generation | ||||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
Shimla and Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh |
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| Organization/ Implementation Agency: | Centre for Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda | ||||
| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | Roles & Responsibilities | ||
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Sandeep Thakur , SDO, Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam limited, Rampur Shimla Unit | The Labs of Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam limited, Rampur Shimla Unit will provide support for the testing and analysis of samples. | |||
| Lead Proponent: | Dr.Sunil Mittal Centre for Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bhathinda. |
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| Project Brief Description: | Tourism is the main income source of Himalayan regions but it seems to have profound effect on environment parameter (i.e. water and soil) and climate change of the regions. Due to lack of extensive monitoring on environmental and climate change aspect in relation to tourism, the environmental quality is being degraded day by day. This project focuses on correlating tourism to environmental status in the tourist regions of Himachal Pradesh (HP) mainly Shimla and Chamba. So, an elaborative qualitative and quantitative physico-chemical analysis of water and soil parameters is proposed to evaluate effect of tourism. Further, impact of climate change on quality of water and soil is also proposed in this project. Based on the results, this project would create awareness among local community and members of Gram Panchayat to take preventive measures to avoid environment deterioration due to tourism and make it a profitable business taking environment also into consideration. In addition, the project outcomes will help the regional authorities to take some strict actions to minimize tourism related pollution. The project falls under the broad thematic group -Environmental assessment and management of the National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS). | ||||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | • Local communities in the target region • Tourism industry and associated stakeholders • Local authorities and Gram Panchayats |
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| Activity Chart | Click Here | ||||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 32,21,600/- (Rupees Thirty-Two Lakh twenty-One Thousand Six hundred only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| Assessment of drinking water resources and their virtuous management. | The current environmental status monitored with effect of tourism. | No of Assessment reports of towns (Nos.) |
| Physico-chemical analysis of water and soil. | Database of physico-chemical characteristics of soil and water for drinking, agriculture, etc | Standard database and knowledge products developed and published out of the projects (Nos.) |
| Assessment of various pollution sources of the region and change in their pattern as per tourism outbreak. | Impacts assessment report focusing on agriculture output and health assessment | Capacity of stakeholders developed in program (Nos.) |
| To evaluate effect of tourism outbreak on agricultural output of the region. | 4. Guidelines on establishing parameters for remedial measures for reducing impact of excessive tourism particularly on land and water quality. | |
| Health assessment study of local population with respect to tourism outbreak. | ||
| Establishment of remedial parameters to cope up environmental and climate change changes due to tourism outbreak |
| S.No. | Name | Qualification | Designation | Salary |
| 1. | Ramandee P Singh | M.Sc (Env Science) | JRF | 25000/- +HRA |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment | Use of Equipment/ Details | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | Water and soil analysis KIT | Multimeter/ Hatch/ Eutech/Thermo | 552234 |
| 2. | Sampling storage freezer | Cell frost/NSW/Remmi/ Thermofisher | 112900 |
| 3. | GPS System | Garmin/Map my India/Keppler | 19999 |
