Status of Lakhimpur district of Assam

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Status of Lakhimpur district of Assam
(Vis- a -vis RSVY)
Presented by District Administration Lakhimpur
Assam
22nd March 04 , New Delhi
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District Profile, Lakhimpur

• Total area 2977sqkm
• Urban 20 sqkm
• Rural 2557 Sqkm
• Total Population 8.9L
• Male 4.5L
• Female 4.3 L
• SC 8
• ST 24

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statistics

• Literacy 69.6
• Male L 78.26
• Female L 60.47
• Sex ratio 952
• Density 391

• Police Station 6
• No. of town 3
• GP 81
• Village 1185

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location
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wildlife
Wild elephants
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Culture

• Bihu

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Indigenous orchids
Ornamental orchids
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Panoramic view
paddy

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tradition
Indigenous tribes
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tradition
Traditional rice
weaving
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Panoramic view
Tea community
Handloom
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strength

• High literacy rate 70
• Conducive weather for agriculture allied
  sector
• Availability of natural resources viz. arable
  land, forest products, plenty rivers, water beds,
  wild life, indigenous products etc.

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Strength

• Peaceful no any major disturbance since time
  immemorial
• Gateway to several districts of Arunachal
  Pradesh.

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Weakness
(Reason for backwardness)

• Geographical remoteness,
• Mental isolation,
• Resource Crunch scarcity of modern equipments
• unsophisticated Govt. Offices require skill
  up gradation .

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weakness
(Reason for backwardness)

• Lack of vision of Peoples Representatives/ PRI/
  NGOs etc.
• Improper plan lack of holistic approach
  presence of severe critical gap

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weakness

• Road/rail communication in bad shape
• Severe power crisis
• Chronic flood
• Absence of any technical institution not even
  an ITI
• Zero industrial growth Large Unemployment

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Problems

• Chronic Flood erosion

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Problems

• Roads in bad shape

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Opportunities

• Finest quality of rice organic indigenous
  healthy food,
• Presence of large nos. of SHGs mostly women
• Potential on Eco-cultural-wilderness tourism

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strength

• Traditional cultivator

• SHG

• Land

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opportunities

• Horticulture, mushroom, floriculture, animal
  husbandry, handloom textile
• Traditional weavers,
• Conducive for IT industry

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resource

• Cane bamboo

Handloom
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Thrust area

• income generation and creation of self employment
  
• (agriculture Allied services viz. agriculture,
  veterinary, sericulture, fishery)
• Infrastructure Development to meet the
  critical gap ( healthcare , roads, power,
  PHE,urban development)

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Thrust area

• Human Resource Development for skill up-gradation
  ( of offices/ public/NGOs/PRIs etc.)
• Revenue generation ( eco-tourism Forest
  Development )

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Thrust area

• Conservation support (Soil conservation and
  irrigation )
• Additionality to weavers mostly women SHGs (
  Handloom textile Industries )

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Agriculture

• No high yielding horticulture garden 90
  saplings are brought from outside
• Medicinal plants, floriculture , horticulture
• Promotion on organic farming
• Mushroom cultivation
• Cold storage facility to arrest high
  fluctuation of agriculture commodities

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Agriculture

• Horticulture garden
• Nursery
• Vermi compost -organic farming
• Mushroom training demonstration
• Cold storage
• Improvement of Training facility
• Water shed development

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Veterinary

• Pig Breeding ( for ST )
• Ducks Egg farm ( Hybrid)
• Artificial Insemination
• Improvement of Training facility

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Sericulture

• Income generating
• Create self employment
• Manpower harnessing
• Marketing yard

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Muga

• Golden thread

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• Attired in muga (bihu)

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( income generation) Fishery development

• Beel fishery development
• Eco hatchery

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Infrastructure development

• Health family welfare
• Improvement of road communication
• Water supply
• Power improvement
• Urban development

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Infrastructure development ( health care)

• Renovation of New Civil Hospital
• Purchasing of equipments
• Renovation of Old civil Hospital
• Improvement of peripheral Hospitals

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Infrastructure development ( health care)

• Old civil hospital

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Infrastructure development ( health care)

• New hospital(OT)

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Infrastructure development ( health care)

• New hospital(OT)

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Infrastructure development ( health care)

• Obsolete instruments

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Infrastructure development ( health care)

• Building

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Road Communication

• Regular destruction of bridges by flood
• Dilapidated temporary bridges
• Roads in bad shape
• Frequent breaches by floods

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District road map
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Infrastructure development(roads)
NH-52 bye pass replacement of wooden bridge
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Infrastructure development (roads)Singra bridge
Laluk-Bihpuria-Narayanpur Link road
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Bridge at Gosaipathar
Laluk-Bihpuria-Narayanpur Link road
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Infrastructure development

• PHE renovation of water supply
• ASEB procurement of transformer
• N.Lakhimpur Dev authority Sludge treatment
• N.Lakhimpur Municipality improvement of roads,
  drainage, sewage system
• Bihpuria road/ drain improvement

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REVENUE GENERATION( Eco-Tourism Development)

• Development of Eco-Cultural tourism at Bordoibam
  Bird sanctuary
• Setting up of Tourist Resort at Dullung with
  water sports facility

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• REVENUE GENERATION(Tourism Development)

• WATER SPORTS GOLDEN MAHSHEER

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ECO TOURISM

• MIGRATORY BIRDS

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ECO- tourism

• Wild orchids

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( Revenue generation) Forest development

• Plantation
• Medicinal plants
• Nursery
• Forest product ( patidoi)
• Eco development

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Human Resource Development

• Sports ground development
• Sub divisional library auditorium
• Up-gradation of centralized science lab for
  HS/HSS
• Science kit to HS/HSS schools
• District Technology Training Centre

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Human Resource Development( Establishment of
District Technology Training Centre)

• Skill up-gradation training to Govt Offices/ PRI/
  NGOs etc.
• To act as knowledge hub in the district
• District Technology centre there is not even an
  ITI in the district
• District Resource centre
• Job oriented technical courses to educated youths

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Conservation support

• Soil water conservation project 2 nos.
• Renovation/ repairing of irrigation schemes 31
  Nos

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Conservation support (Soil conservation)

• To protect land from becoming waste land
• Conserve water for off season agriculture
• Conserve eco system
• Mitigate flood havoc at downstream
• Protect soil erosion.

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Soil conservation
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Additionality (Handloom textile industries)

• Upgradation of training institutions
• Vegetable dyeing centre
• Cane bamboo Training centre

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• Sports development 25L
• Auditorium library at sub division 45L
• Ungradation of science lab 20L
• Science kit to HS/HSS 11L
• District technology training Centre 52L

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implementation

• Involving local management committee with
  District Administration/ Departmental experts/
  NGOs/ SHGs/PPS/ local resourceful persons etc.
• Project will be made self sustainable by
  charging minimum amount wherever necessary to be
  decided by Management Committee etc.

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implementation

• SHG will be involved with priority basis with
  their contribution bank linkage as per existing
  Govt. norms

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