| Sanction Date: | 26-02-2018 | |||
| Project Category | SG | |||
| Batch Year | 2017-2018 | |||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 7 Months Extension | |||
| BTA : | Water Resource Management | |||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
1. East and West districts of Sikkim covering Duga and Chumbung Blocks
2. Possyor-Chibbo, Kalimpong District of West Bengal |
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| Organization/ Implementation Agency: |
The Mountain Institute (TMI) India Below Dr. Dhakals Clinic, Tadong Daragaon PO Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim-737102 |
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| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | ||
1. |
Advanced Center for Water Resources Development And Management, (ACWADAM), Pune, Maharastra | |||
2. |
Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Managements, Sikkim University | |||
3. |
Save The Hills Kalimpong, Kalimpong District, West Bengal | |||
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Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim | |||
5. |
Mines and Geology Department, Government of Sikkim | |||
6. |
Block Development Officers, Duga and Chumbung Block Administrative Center, East and West Sikkim | |||
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8. Pendam Gram Vikash Sangathan, East Sikkim | |||
| Lead Proponent: | Dr. Ghanashyam Sharma The Mountain Institute (TMI)-India |
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| Project Brief Description: | Water is an integral part of all facets of human life, and a key element for the socio-economic development. But scarcity of this valuable resource is posing a serious threat to food security, human health and development. In Himalayan region i.e. the Kalimpong hills and Sikkim. Kuwa (shallow well), Simsaar-kholyang (marshy area) and Dharo-pandhero (spring) are the main sources of water for the rural households. Since water plays a vital role in the sustenance of the mountain population, a wealth of traditional knowledge exists regarding their conservation and management. As per the State Socio-Economic Household Census 2005, nearly 65,000 (80%) of the 80,000 rural households of the State depend on these springs as a source of drinking water. The Sikkim Himalayan region is blessed with adequately high rainfall but an overwhelmingly high proportion of the same is restricted to the monsoon season. This results in paucity of water during non-monsoon months together with high rates of surface runoff that cause heavy land degradation and erosion. Even though water is available in the valleys the constraints of terrain forces overwhelmingly large proportion of the agricultural fields to be dependent upon rains alone. Therefore, this project aims to address the water related issues and problems of the marginal villages situated between sub-tropical to temperate agro-ecological zones of Sikkim in the Duga and Chumbung Administrative Blocks in East and West Sikkim. To achieve this, extensive study of springs will be carrying out for their revival in the Chibbo-Pssyor areas under the Kalimpog District of West Bengal. The areas are dry zones and face severe domestic water shortage, and thus conservation of seasonal water sources/natural springs by using traditional/ecological/scientific technologies are immediate interventions needed to address the concept of effective water governance. The project also aims to develop inventorization of springs and spring data base with their details of classification, discharge, rock permeability, aquifers, deep structures of rocks, land use stages and land use types etc. This information will be uploaded in the web based portal which can be utilized by agencies for future research and development. At end of the project, main outcomes are: (i) identify critical springs based on dependency of households dependent on them, carry out detailed geo-hydrological study (ii) climate change adaptation measures for revival of drying springs in these areas and (iii) policy recommendation on conservation of springs in the Sikkim Himalayan watershed, and for inclusion springshed development as one of the prominent components and rejuvenation. | |||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | All water users, local communities, Village Water and Sanitation Committees, Local self governmetn and Policy makers | |||
| Activity Chart (For 3 Years): | Click Here | |||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 45,41,000/- (Rupees Forty Five Lakh Forty One Thousand only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| Inventorization, hydrogeological study, spring mapping, spring rejuvenation through appropriate technologies | Development of data base on springs | No. of New Database/ Datasets generated on the identified dynamics (No.); |
| Preparation of Village Water Security Plan for selected springs of two Districts of Sikkim and West Bengal; | Revival and rejuvenation of critical springs in 6 sites in study area and Village Water Security Plan for the selected villages | No. of maps and templates generated on the identified dynamics viz., hydrogeological parameters, Springs Inventorized and Revived, etc.; |
| Institution building, strengthening and capacity building of the stakeholders. | Institution building for sustenance of existing local water sources and spring catchments; | No. of region-specific best practices/ models/ technologies developed/ implemented (No.) for dynamics viz., spring rejuvenation, etc.; |
| Compendium of climate resilient livelihood options for the identified vulnerable section of the community; | No. of Awareness Raising/ Capacity Building (No. of Rural Youth, No. of Women, and Total No. of Beneficiaries); | |
| Policy recommendation on Springshed conservation for future. | Policy/ strategic framework/ drafts and Legislative Mechanisms (No.) in context of Water Security Action Plan;. |
| S.No. | Name (Sanctioned Post) | Qualification | Designation | Salary (Sanctioned) |
| 1. | 01 JRF | @ Rs.25,000/- per month | ||
| 2. | 1 JPF/Project Field Expert | @ Rs.16,000/- per month |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment (Sanctioned equipment) | Details | Cost (in INR) (Sanctioned Budget) |
| 1. | 01 Laptop | @Rs.0.70 Lakh | |
| 2. | 01 Desktop | @Rs.0.70 Lakh | |
| 3. | 01 camera | @ Rs. 10.60 Lakh | |
| 4. | 02 GPS | @ Rs.0.50 lakh | |
| 5. | 01 Geophydrological instruments, 02 set field gears, etc. |
