Case Studies of

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• Case Studies of
• Natural Resource Management in
• Drought Prone Grama Panchayats of Palakkad
  District, Kerala using PRI Funds and Neigbourhood
  Groups

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Chitur and Alathur Thaluks

• Home to Eleven Dams

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Low drinking water availability
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Poor Water Quality
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Rainfall

• 1976-77 2001-02
• Number of rainy days 104 47
• Average 71 days

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Four successive droughts for Vadakarapathi and
Eruthenpathi
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Thousands of dried up open wells
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Palakkad

• Home to 16,000 ponds
• which were the backbone of traditional
  irrigation.
• Now,
• Catchments lost
• Inflow channels gone
• Silted up

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• Malnutrition and poverty

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Natural resource management through Ayalkootams

• Experience from Grama Panchayaths
• - Erimayur,Eruthenpathy,Kollengode,Pallasana,
• Pattenchery,Perumatty,Nallepully,Vadavannur and
  Vadakarapathy
• Dating from 2003 August
• Through different Projects WGDP,RSVY,NCRF,PNVA
  ,Plan and
• CapDeck through which a methodology is
  crystallised

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cap deck

• Started in June 2004 to December 2005
• Funded by SDC CapDecK

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Ayalkootams/NHG s

• Grass root level democracy
• Ownership of Natural Resources
• Knowledge sharing
• As a subset of Gramasabhas

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Processes and Tools

• Election process house groups, right to recall,
  rotating
• Meetings- monthly and issue based
• Attendance 40 to 100 percentage
• Data collection, resource mapping by the
  community
• Notice boards
• Clear cut written procedures in local language
• - cows,pipes and ponds

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Capacity building efforts

• On two levels At the GP level and at the
  community level
• Trainings on
• Plan preparation,PRA,community contracting,
  accounting, measurement taking,Participatory
  monitoring evaluation, Panchayathi Raj, Water
  Balance study and Social auditing
• to Ayalkootam officials and then to the community
• Thousands of community level meetings on each
  GP.

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Processes

• NHG formation
• Linking to Grama Panchayath
• Linking to transferred institutions
• Linking to educational institutions
• Creating a data base
• Dissemination of information
• Developing short term water management plans
• Developing long term water management plans for
  NHG s

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School Programme

• Residential summer camp- First level at GP level
• Selected students through different competitions
• Organized on 2005 April 21,22,23
• 68 students participated
• Identified research problems based on field
  survey
• Involvement of NHG officials,Teachers,Panchayath
  members officials

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School Programme

• Research projects
• Selected 22 research projects based on the
  problems identified
• Projects on Water,Health Energy
• Conducted field surveys,measurements FGD
• Collected secondary data from concerned
  institutions
• Data analysis Draft report

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School programme

• Second level camp at Silent valley
• Study reports presented before expert panel
• Incorporated expert opinions
• Visited Silent valley rainforest
• Visited Krishna with Sugathakumari teacher
• Published study report on
• June 5th at GP by C.P John, Member, State
  Planning Board

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GP level Resource centre

• Coordinating, supporting and knowledge
  disseminating agency for GP
• Funding
• Infrastructure by GP
• Vpy-1.75 lakhs, Epy - nil, (2004-05)
• Operating costs by CapDecK
• Facilities
• Weather data-Rainfall,Temperature,Humidity
• Evaporation rate,Wind velocity
• Water quality checking
• Soil permeability checking
• Books Periodicals

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2004-05 and 2005 - 06 Plans

• When the Gramasabhas met, the Ayalkootams were
  ready with NRM projects with the help of
  trainings done under CapDecK.
• Gramapanchayath earmarked 2 and 19 lakhs for NRM
  works to be implemented through Resource centre
  and the Ayalkootams in Vadakarapathy

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Vadakarapathy GP projects 2005 -06

• Name of project G P share BG share Total
  
  
• Soil water conservation
• model School 20,000 - 20,000
• Soil water conservation
• model Panchayath 30,000 -
  30,000
• Production sector 17,60,000 2358220
  41,18,220
• Water quality 50000 5000
  55,000
• Energy survey 35000 -
  35,000

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Vadakarapathy, WGDP - Funds in lakhs

• 2002- 03 2003- 04
• WGDP (Pro) 51.0 34.0 17.0
• (Mng)(5.3) 9.0 6.0 3.0
• Gramapanchayath 6.38 4.25 2.125
• Beneficiaries 15.38 13.25 2.125
• Total-Proj (33.8) 72.75 51.50 24.25
• Total 81.75

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Eruthenpathy, WGDP - Funds in lakhs

• 2002- 03 2003- 04 2004- 05
• WGDP (Proj) (14.88)28.2 11.2 8.5 8.5
• (Mng) 5.8 2.8 1.5 1.5
• Gramapanchayath 4.37 1.75 1.375 1.24
• Beneficiaries 10.65 4.13 3.875 2.64
• Total-Proj 43.22 17.08 13.75 12.38
• Total 49.02

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Plastering in Progress
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Canal repair , Potta ari community
irrigation,Vadakarapathi
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Filled Pond of CI scheme at Vadakarapathi
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PNVA Renovation of Ponds

• Project Outlay Rs. 13,55,00
• Fund requested Rs. 10,16,250
• Total Amount Released Rs. 8,91,000
• Amount Expended Rs. 7,96,317
• Valuation of Work Done Rs.10,13,069
• Volume of Work Completed 28832 M3
• Balance fund Rs.95,024
• Revised proposal submitted for Rs. 1,32,000

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An unusual experience

• Sanctioned amount for renovation of two ponds
  (Thondekkad and Aryankulambu) was Rs. 5,20,000.
  Work on renovation was completed with a total
  expenditure of Rs. 3,37,412 and the saved amount
  was refunded to the Government by the
  Beneficiary Committee.

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RSVY Scheme Pond Desilting in Erimayur Grama
Panchayath

• Name of Pond Estimate
  Expenditure Valuation Volume
• Kunissery
• Cherpankulam 3,60,000 2,27,403 2,40,000 3612
• Padetty CIM Scheme 2,10,000 84,537 1,50,000 18
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• Management exp. 31194 21765
• Nalliampadam 2,42,500 85,792 2,45,000 4000
• Kunnath Kulam 1,05,910 59,061 1,25,000 1100
• Management exp. 14485 26147
• Total 9,64,089 5,04,705 7,60,000

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NCRF - Ponds

• 28 Ponds were desilted in 6 Grama Panchayaths
• Total Expenditure Rs 9,50,334/-
• Valuation Rs 19,21,252/-
• Total 41,000 m3 earth removed
• Per m3 cost - Rs 17.72 20.49
• Additional storage of 4.1 crores liters of water

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Pond renovations

• During 2003 2004
• Number 49
• Valuation 43,76,133
• Expenditure 28,15,233
• Storage added 11,17,07,850 liters
• Per liter cost 2.5 Paisa

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Work executed

• By 62 Nighbourhood Groups
• Total expenditure 124 Lakhs
• Beneficiary contribution mobilized 29 Lakhs
• Pond renovations done 49

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Funds at disposal

• For 140 Nighbourhood Groups
• Total funds 91 Lakhs
• Beneficiary contribution targeted 17 Lakhs
• Pond renovations 27

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New projects mobilized

• WGDP Valiya Kalliyampara - 70 lakhs
• WGDP Nadupuni - 30 lakhs
• National Calamity relief fund 5 lakhs
• River management funds - 8 lakhs

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People's rates

• 99 PWD Current PWD People's
• Earth excavation 30.49 36.85 19.88
• Conveyance 61.40 79.80 19.19

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With capacity building

• Community
• - Contribution - multiple
• - Knowledge creation,transfer and use
• - Owenership
• - Reduced Cost
• - Transaparency
• - Accessibilty and effective use of PRI funds
• Government
• - Community contracting
• - Cost Vs Estimates,
• - Scaling up

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Amarthya Sen

• Poverty as deprivation of capabilities

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Thank You

• Maithri
• Palakkad