VADODARA: After treating the problem of leaking check dams by repairing them with their own efforts, tribals are now eyeing treatment for common cough and cold. The tribals of Gajapura village after completing repairs of four check dams have now started cultivating 'adusi' widely known for its effect on throat infections (Adhatoda Vasika) on land around these check dams.
The tribals had started making attempts to fix the check dams in their area in 2013. They met with success last year with ONGC Ltd supporting the work on one dam. The tribals themselves took up work on three others and all four are now fit to fill water.
Since the dams were located in forest areas, the tribals sought help of the Gujarat State Forest Development Corporation (GSFDC) with the help of the NGO RISTA Foundation. The NGO has been working with tribals in Gajapura on the check dams, education as well as the plantations.
"Water management and the plantation are both directed towards having a better environment in the villages and protection of jungles. The idea behind adusi plantations too is not to monetize them immediately, but do so only after a healthy plantation is made in the villages," said Anil Satapathy from RISTA Foundation.
Satapathy said that nearly 5,000 plants including those of adusi and, in a small number, another herb madhunashini have been planted. The plantation was the first of its kind to be successful on such a scale in the state in wasteland. "It is in small patches on wasteland that was otherwise of no use. Impressed by the success, principal chief conservator of forests Dinesh Mishra and chief conservator of forests S N Tyagi also visited the village," he added.
The saplings for the project were provided by GSFDC that has also been impressed by the development. "We plant to take this work up in other tribal villages also," he said. Work has been started on a small scale in a similar manner at the Amalpur village in Pavijetpur taluka, he said.
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The tribals had started making attempts to fix the check dams in their area in 2013. They met with success last year with ONGC Ltd supporting the work on one dam. The tribals themselves took up work on three others and all four are now fit to fill water.
Since the dams were located in forest areas, the tribals sought help of the Gujarat State Forest Development Corporation (GSFDC) with the help of the NGO RISTA Foundation. The NGO has been working with tribals in Gajapura on the check dams, education as well as the plantations.
"Water management and the plantation are both directed towards having a better environment in the villages and protection of jungles. The idea behind adusi plantations too is not to monetize them immediately, but do so only after a healthy plantation is made in the villages," said Anil Satapathy from RISTA Foundation.
Satapathy said that nearly 5,000 plants including those of adusi and, in a small number, another herb madhunashini have been planted. The plantation was the first of its kind to be successful on such a scale in the state in wasteland. "It is in small patches on wasteland that was otherwise of no use. Impressed by the success, principal chief conservator of forests Dinesh Mishra and chief conservator of forests S N Tyagi also visited the village," he added.
The saplings for the project were provided by GSFDC that has also been impressed by the development. "We plant to take this work up in other tribal villages also," he said. Work has been started on a small scale in a similar manner at the Amalpur village in Pavijetpur taluka, he said.
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