Facilitator: Dr. V. P.Sharma

The village Kanchi is located along the river Kanchi approximately two kilometer west of the national highway. It is situated at a distance of nearly 45 kms from Ranchi and lies west of NH 33.

The geographical area of the village is 531.88 hectares that include cultivable as well as forest land.

The village is a mix of various communities belonging to ST/ SC and OBC such as Mundas, Lohras, Swansies and Sahus.

Majority of population is of tribal in the village with 116 households belonging to them. 448 HH in total in Kanchi Village. Soil is fertile and agriculture is the main occupation of inhabitants. River Kanchi flows in the south of the village and dries up during summer thus, people depend on monsoon rain for cultivation.

Village Heth Kanchi is a adjoining village with 750 acres of land area and also has the advantage of forest though not very dense.

Area(ha) 532

N0 of HH 448

Total Population

2,156 M-1088 F-1068

SC 360 M-179 F-181

ST 1275 M-644 F-631

Source of Income

86.17

8.51

3.19 2.13

Agriculture

Daily Labourer

Other

Service

Land Holding Pattern

1.60

9.57

88.82

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10 and above

5 - 10 Acres

Below 5 Acres

Percentage

Decision Making by Women

92.02

0.53 7.450

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Authoritative Supportive Not Responded

Per

cent

age

Religion Percentage

3.19

96.81

Christian Hindu

The proposed purpose will be To create awareness among villagers about developmental programmes-followed by capacity building of the community for stabilizing paddy cultivation, in the project area so as to enable them to manage their water resources in a sustainable manner for better quality of life.

The initial aim of the project will be to help villagers in making them aware about how to improve the moisture status during the main crop (Paddy / Kharif) season and improvements during the second crop (Rabi) through decentralized water resource development. An interface with concerned department of GoJ and villagers to be organized as initial step.

to tap the available water resources in and around the villages for proper utilization through construction of new facilities and renovation of existing ones.To achieve sustainable improvement in Livelihood through:

•Stabilizing of Kharif Paddy.•Intensification of Paddy.

•Additional livelihood promotion through capacity building of villagers to take up initiatives in fishery,

vegetable cultivation, animal husbandry etc.•Upland treatment with horticulture.

It will be a process-oriented approach and not the target oriented approach to development in project area.To achieve sustainability for an increased accent on building local capacities (Men & Women) in a range of skills (Technical & Managerial).Indigenous land and water conservation measures which communities have been implementing will be taken up as entry point for land and water activities so that tribal and rural farmers may identify with them and not regard them as programme sponsored activity and a source of short term wages.

Irrigation is an attractive and visible activity so special attention will be paid to ensure that water management practices provide equitable supply of water to all beneficiaries.

Flexibility in programme design will be allowed to include all persons utilizing the resources at a particular catchment than watershed based tight boundaries.

Leadership skills and group dynamics.

Grass root organisation Membership Activity

Village Gram Sabha/ Village

Development Committee

(VDC)

Selected member to be

nominated by Gram Sabha

Participatory democracy

to set development

priorities & draw out

Village Development Plan

Self Help Groups Small homogenous groups,

especially of

disadvantaged women/

men

Simple collective action

including land and non-

land based activities

Water user group for water

resource management

Water user farmers of the

village

Collective action for water

resource management and

development of paddy

cultivation.

The proposal is innovative and builds on action, learning, Close monitoring and supervision by block and district administration would be required for its success.

To facilities such process a monitoring cell would be established at the Panchayat or block level.Members of Steering committee / Advisory committee will be nominated for monitoring.

Under convergence, line departments have taken initiative in identifying and taking technical approval of the projects by their concerned department.

These proposals are directly submitted to DPC for administrative sanction.

The Deputy Development Commissioner (DDC) issues the sanction order of all the approved shelf of projects including those submitted by the line department.

After awareness creation and interface meetings the steps will be taken for

1.strengthening the prevailing base of livelihood interventions through consolidation in the current villages. 2.strengthening the Village Development Committees (VDC) and Self Help Groups (SHG) to undertake the responsibility of implementing the livelihood interventions, and managing them on a long-term basis through Total/ integrated village management model.

•Strengthening the CBOs towards the implementation and

management of the various livelihood interventions

• Supporting each and every household with assured irrigation support

for about one acre land, to ensure year round food security and

improved quality of life

•Ensuring the equitable and optimum utilisation of the created water

resources through crop diversification and improved agriculture.

•Allied livelihoods such as piggery, poultry, goatery, lac, etc.

•The villagers will be self dependent.

•The levels of income for the beneficiaries are expected to

rise from below poverty line (BPL) households to the

above poverty line (APL) levels

•The key issue of food security will be resolved by the

increase in agricultural productivity and income from allied

activities.