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SOCIO ECONOMIC REVIEW OF WEST KAMENG DISTRICT ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Published by DISTRICT STATISTICAL OFFICE West Kameng District BOMDILA SOCIO-ECONOMIC REVIEW >0F

. .WEST KAMENG DISTRICT

1 -^yr

P u b lish e d by :- District Statistical Office, West Kameng District^ Bomdila

NIEPA DC

UlU/'IO UBRARY a BOCUUEKTATHHi CESrilil ^atipa.al ,loscitu*^ of Edu^tiosal PldQUmg «ad" 17-B, Stj Aurobindo Mari*

UUL.,nnr N o...... - 0 )H o ^t> ______! U - j S i L a 2 ^ FOREV;ORD

"^District Socio-Economic Review of V7est Kameng District, 1997" is brought-out the District Statistical Office^Bomdila in the form of booklet. The Publication incorporates data up~to March/1997 relating to important aspects of Economic and Social Developments of X'^est Kameng District,

I hope,district officials,Planners, Research Scholars and other users will make good use of the publication.

Date ! 20.4,98 Places Bomdila. Deputy Commissioner I/C West Kameng District Bomdila INTRODUCTION

/ The "Socio-Economic Review of West Kameng District., 1997" is the Seventh publication in the series published by the District Statistical Office/Bomdila* In this publication, attempt has been made to present the district’s economy in the light of development activities undertaken and achievements made during the year,1996-97,

I am grateful to all Heads of Departments of this district for their co-operation in furnishing required data, in time.

Any suggestion for improvement of future issue of the publication -will be appreciated.

SD/-. MAMTA RIBA,EAC I/C District Statistical Officer V7est Kameng District Bom dila. (i ) CONIEKTS

( SOCIO-ECONOMIC REVIEW OF WE: P. KAMENG DISTRICT, 1996-97)

______’ ^ _ £srt_icul^^ ______l^age Numbers - _ loi _ _i ______: _ _(!)_ _ ■______i _ i3i I _ r - 1. location 1 2. Historical Genesis 1 3. Physiography 1 - 2 4. River 2 5. Clim ate 2 6. Adm.inistrative Set-up 2-3 7. Population (as per .1991 Census) 3-4 8. Inhabitant and their Religion 4 9. Infrastructure 4-5 10, Post and Telegraph 5 11, Telephone 5 12, Electricity and Power 5-6 13, Banks 6 14, Co-operative 6 15, Civil Supply 7 16, V.L.P.T- Centres 7 17, E?ducation 7-8 18, Medical and Public Health 8-10 19, Forests " ’ 10^12 20, Animal Husbandarv and Veterinary 12- 13 20(a) Regional Sheep Breeding Parm/Sangti 13- 14 20(b) National Research Centre on YAK 14 20(c) Regional Temperate Fodder Seed Product ion-cum-Demons tr at ion Farm, R.T.Fo^Dirang 14 - 15 21, Fishery 15 - 16

21(a) Government Trout Hatchery,Shergaon 16 22, Industries 16 - 18 22(a) Sericulture Activities 18

23, A griculture 18 - 19

23(a) Farmer's Training Centre,SALARI 19

Contd.Pace(ii) S L . NO^ I______P3Cticul,ars______JPag£ Numbers ______(a)_ _ I i ______I ______Z(V ______1 - 1 2 X _ /

24. Hor.ticu-lture 20

24(a) State Horticultural-arm,jShergaon 20 24(b) Regional Apple Nursery>Dirang 20-21

2 5, R^al_WorXs^ 21-22 26. Public Health Engineering 22 27. Irrigation and Tl^dd ciontrol 22

28. Rural ^Development 22

28(a) Integrated Rural Deyelopment Programme 22 - 23 28(b) Assistance^ to Small and Marginal Farmers (ASMF ) ’ 2 3 28(c) Integrated Child Development Service (.ICDS) 23 28(d) Physical and Financial Achievement of Rural Development Programme 24 29. Panchayat Raj and C.D. Block 24-25 30. Information and Culture 2 5

31. Miscellaneous 31(a) Police and crime 26 31(b) Employment 26 31(c) Registration of Births and Deaths events 26 31(d) Legal Metrology 26. « 1 ~

l/est K^naefi| QiSoriqt having a]&‘ar’fea\of 74s2-Sq.KGi. accounts for'5,36 percent of total’ar.ea of''state»The'District is Ich* catec! in t^.e Western^paP t of- .ûn-aclial Prades'h>Its 'main land extends be.tx;een 91;,31 toEksrt- :|.ongitudes anS’.r26' 5.4 to 28’ 01 N6 ;p.;bl\' latitudes*.The dis„triQt^ is- surrounded by Tibet region Df-Qhiha in xtîeJ-Jorth,-.Eiiutari in the v/est,'a.ncJ' T^warlg . '■ and East Kaiêng District of -AruâcMl %ade.^^h are in ih& IT or th- s t, and Sas t r,e s pe at i v,e ly., ‘rh'e s outhera. ,|)pund ad Gins Soni.tpur' and Dayiran'g Dis'bîcts ‘-of ^ s a in / ’

2 . Eiy^ftlQAJj ' - Th^ name of the district is dei'i^ve^S fron; ICant^n^ fiêr" a tributor^ of the Brahmaputra^ that flo-^ws' t:ôj[fgh th^-dîsH^-^ tr-ictj'rill lpi4,^tiie, d.isjtricf%as a part .of the Dairrarig ^Di|- tfict of'-Assam. By' a Govt* of India Ncixification ofuhe area covered by this district became’"a part of the .¥e^,t^-rn.

section of the llovth Sâst Frotler Tract to v/hiplivgntry:9 f thê British subject was regula4sed.. by an 1 9 X 9 ,this traptVswasi ^renamed as'‘the Ballpark Frg1:ie>'‘fr having it& 'hoadquar ter afe ‘Gharduar of ^Âssam*!^ 'was-^,cufyed ou,t of the 3alipara‘lFr'ontier- Trac5t ^wlW^the ‘name of Sela*^Sul5«”Age^cy and its headquarter continued to be at' Gharduar*.In 19545Sela Sub-ilgency ^^âs renamed as t^,''^'Ka^meng - •Froatier Divlsion^^ aiid its headquarter i/?as later ta’ansferred to Bpmdila.Iak© oph'er ^parts of JT^rfa'/lt was als o und^r'^^tneMi- rilsti^'y ,of E^rbernal A£:^«aairs .and "Over-all i n c h a r ‘qr-'the'J di^‘-* trict y;as a- poll’ti c a l . Offijcef:*QiT ;:lst ■Sei3temberV19^jthe3fln^ sjtrji/of Home A ffairtoqlr. oveir' the Adniinistrativeîh^rge o^f A “frdp/:thepf Ii^xterhal i^fairs aujLd Iv^)?ie?rg'Fronts ler: Division vjas*"renamed as 'Kameng District" *^hdythe\Polijs^0kl^ Officer x’/as^'rsdesigKated, as Depu'ty Comaiissioher; .

Pn 1st anc itest o f the' then -______. ______Ivameng District m s placed under Vl^st Kameng,.Finally gn 6 th

October j 19 ' ' ^ 5 V7est Kameng District i/jas again>’'tirf,urG^ted'-cur*- ving out the area ox Ta^.^an^ Sub-d,ivj,sion and i^aviangi Dis-'t^Jict vas formed. . " '

The top.ography of the District is mpstly mounJ:în9U§^^y5t greate^v^ it fa lls xuthin the higher 'mountaiî ône

consisting* 4 mass of :bang'le peal^s and valleys. ' 2 “

In ¥es;b Kameiig, there tbre^ pr„incipal» mqun- tain range.s a^par't'O^* •Sela-'-'r'dngej^gamdila'^ange anS f’bpl^hilis rai’ige’jThe Sela ^raiigQ ,g©insists a'Series-bf ■niouata:ifi^_ d,rrange(T

iii the f 6 rnl 15ig iin§ ±r£. tH^ llortk^Bhatair in.,';tlie

V)e3 .t and, tlius Yor^nigr^ >a itougliT ter'15alri-*to ^-13ass through "it ■♦.The alti.tude' of range v<^ri^S:.'fr^cM 140Q(>*feet^ ;1k) 1S06'0-ep.t and'êl^. 1371.4 ^f«q^tJoagTi.^he Boiaaila: iâng^ hky£n.g\an a'^?f=^T’ Q-0 0 (^\ f ft-fi-h nr.c* f ^qp. in(a-pa^;-]=>f^" sj'HV -a tfVi ' V, r, rrylng from 8100' feet“ to 9000 feet above\mear\ seâ, level.South

thr ouf

, river^ --^-v— i — ^ ,—* — — ,,7 -7 ,^ . drs^r ic't' 'Altijm^teay:^oiBSr'fibhe::]: %-^et ErahmA'putr a, in ' plains of ii^-samv O .0 ' *k!

cla^'yj)^kl

~~iA^'Soti-cnern area.jftemppr'^ fee.t and^-c^ld bey'’6 n d 'l t . ’ "~~

Humidity is g8 neralj.y high through-out thfe\year, the ,m n« ter ^ ____months_ bei;3 eing,3-l^s^ hufHi.di,!i"ne Ib'west and thLe-^Hi"ghest\t^)npe~ 'atfii-e*'bf'"^0mcliiaf i\jon during rth'euyear------1996 ’were^C-)!• G Oii^ , m J l ^ ^ A 9 6 - ■' ’ ^ I -> ■

/,'ThexaSiiiiiui'strativ^‘ se'fe^ujj ±s uayeu uu tjiLigxe xxjiit: l administration .which aims at keeping a olosed^, co«operation amongst various development depar.tments with/the ^adnanisr t r a tio n and thus work together for the -speedy■'/d^v^l'o^'menx of the people and the area.

^h%''^^t[i/^t^4 ^ ^ d W id e d ^ .^t- a thêe sub-4>iVis3-;0^" v iz .BM &&*îtU iD ‘a .srubi-divis‘loh li’a ^ 'tV b circles iê Dirahg'and BonidilaCSadar )jRu pa'Sub-Division covers ICalaktang circle and Sinchung circle,Thrizino sub division has got three circles 5namely Ifafra^ltoizino'and Jam iri ♦ « 3

As per Govt jHotificatiOil Blialulipong is under I’lirizino sub«dxvision for developmental purpose and under Hupa sub--divisidn for maintaining la\^^ and order*

^ 'HhQ Depu'ty Goniniissioner jbeing the over-all Inclpiarge of. the',d:];c;trict5maintains law and order with help of adminis’tratxv^ Q;rf.icers arid police force.The Villagers ha- - ve theix owii cus't'OmkrV' administrative system in the form of 'traditional village councils .The council, consists of the Gaon 'Bur a s' and members . The' Assam Frontier Regulation Act^1945,author^ i^es the village councils to settle all civil nmtters and cer-. tain cri-minal UBatters falling within their jurisdiction.Kow- ,’p‘Ve r ^‘Cor a ll mattprs,;jthe Dexjuty Commissioner and solne other ^admitxi'S/trative officers have jurisdictions under the supervi sion "Of the Assam High court which holds the a'ppellate and r e Vi s i ona 1 auth or 1 1 y. "i" There are four Assembly Constituencies in the -district Viz^4-D-irang Assembly Constituencyj5-Kaiaktang Asse-* mbly Constituency 5 6 -Thri2;ino-Buragaon Assembly -Constituency and 7«Bomdila Assembly Constituency.

~~■■ '"^The dis'ferlct is having four Anchal Samities and the jurisdictions pP Anchal Sa M tie s are Co-terminus with the As s e mbly Qon s titu enc ie s •~~

The 'district has been covered by three Blocks na’meJy Dirang jlC-alaktang ^and Kafra-Buragaoh*

7 . . P0PULAT10i^^ (1991 CSNSUS) - ' ■ <# As p'?r 1991 Census jwest Kameng^ Liistrict is ha*^ ving 170 villages with a population of 56421 comprising of 30966 males and 25455 females.The district population accounts £,or 6 .5 3 ^ of total poj;/ulation of the state.

, The literate population of the district as per 1991 Census was/'205G5 forming 46,31^o of the total population excluding ( 0 6 ) age group .However, the literacy among. ma?^s Vnd' 'females v;as recorded as 55.03 percent and 35^22 percent >respectiveX f i . . .

~~. Tlie percentage of ll taracy is worked out with reference to total" population excluding the population of age grdup („'0 - 6 ) years*. -~~

~~The 'average density of population per Sq*iCm. is 8 'for- the/district as compared to 10 persons for Aruna- chai 3Rradesh-. ^ 5~~

~~;zTs on March, 19S4,463.82 iCms .Of 'District r oad vere under Kms- under MlXF^and 2 S .08 Km's under ilv|J..At' present totaJ, leng^th of road in West ICanieng district is 1244^99~~

Kn^s . out of '/iiich 514.02 F.ms * under P>P5 403,75 lOns ^ under BKTF-jt 174.B6 ICms,(as on 31/3/95)under'Forest Department and 146*66 Kms. under Hura 1 \-jorks Depar c iont .Mor eover j the distr ict is having 328 .40''Kias . 9 5 por'ter*'tr j.cts/Muleable, paths • All the circle head- quar ter's of*’ vje s ts kaiiieng ar e c onne cted ^;ath the di >3 tr ic t head quarter nu roads .Regular passenger services of GuT^âhati ^Tezpur ftanagîi-''j-Tawang^ and all the- circle headquarters of the qistrict ar e be ing pr ov id e d by .s tci, "I e Tr ans p or t and pr i v a te Bu s e s * During th^^ year 1996-97 totar‘’bf' 159 vehicles r egi st er ed ” in we s t ICarnen p;. Viith the inaugural of rail^-ây line upto Bhaluk- ■p ong (-100 Km^, • fr pm the d i tr i c t HQ.') dur ing ^the , year 19 B9w e s t ICaraen^g’npw fug'ure's in the railway map of thn .Country’.

~~BolanibcDri (Tezpur )is the nearest Airport, the distance of which from Bomdila is about 160 Kms.There exists e 1 e men tar y Xand ing facilities f or he lic qpt er a t Rupa, Tlir i z in o 5~~

Bhalukp ong,Sherg a on,Xalaktang and 5 Bomd ila 0 f I’X ) 'Post ’c Telegraph _ - • iti 037 to opening -a ^sub-post office at Bomdila, all mails meant for offices and staff^ in this district used tg be^ {delivered at__the then Base offi'ce at Gharduar 5 served by th@ post office at ijQlo'a.Th^ office at Gharduar in turn usedjto ‘ . despatch the; mails in interiors through paM; Runner .Due to comm unication, difficulties and also in absence of postal facilities at th^ t ti me all the i mpor tant ad pxLnis tic a^ti ve. ,c ep.tr e s wer e pr ovi:^ 'dednd'th small i^Ereless 'transmitting, set-s' operated by Assam Slifles In viBw of'lim ited roads and border situatj-onj the system is st ill in pxistance 1 6 ' p all the adiTiinistvation centres close touch-with "each o'^her

~~-Qi 25th Decemberj 1 9 5 4 3 Bomdila sub-post office was opened by the P & !T Department .Cater on, this sub-post offibe^ was pr.ovidec^ with telegraphic facilities by* installing a WT~~

~~set,^ the intensity of wo'ck increaaed new p6 st offices~~

opened 5'as a result, at ^present there are' 7 siib-post offices and ll Branch pos/q offices in west Kam^ng. ^ i i i ) T el. )hone; The di^trrot HQ.Bomdila is liaving -i^lectronic Telephone Exchange with 707 lines and SIT) facility with Code

G3782.Moreover3 there are telephorie exc^n ge at Rupa^Dirangj Te igavalleyjilairaj^^alai C'lng and Bhalukpong, Slectricily and Power: Potyer is considered as one of the most important infrastructure for economic developemtn but Hydro*^lectric poten tial of west kameng has xargely remain un-tapped .Th^^j work of electrification^of Bomdila Township was started in the, year 1960 with the installation of one 25 ZM Diesel generating power stati on. - 6 -

~~One full fledged J^^lectrical ,sub--Division was as- misfaed' ------fr-om;~~

~~Kydr*6 '- v±th 'I'ts headquarter'3’omdila.~~

~~• purihg^'tlie Ias;t^ part of lOTl^'^the; iCa-l^a^t^t^gCjMi^^~~

~~Hydel with a capacri-ty^^pf-'1 0 liyj was conimlsioned ^ but, the l>ii^d.el was ^wa^hed away during' J'tine^l^^9‘ flood .The^,Raliun^ ^Hici;p«l|y^eJ.y j~~

~~c 6 nliiiissi6 ne3> during 5.9^2,has the generatien' 9 a 5 asit 7 of 750 K^t ^ ^ . r ‘ ^ G The Dirang hydel “pfSject of west Kameng has the~~

~~generation, capacityj^of- 2 0 0 0 ^ and Sessa Hydep project wijh 150D'ICVT capacity*/ ^ -~~

- ^ ^ The total instail‘ati;on capacl*ty of. eles,ct$*ieityoi*5^ the 'dlrstri&t is‘''5749 KVJ" of T&ich M c ro hydeJ^"‘aQcounts'f-o;r '448 KW and rest 1.269 'KW bs geHera't^'d"rrom DCJ S^ts.."So far 1^9 villag es (1991 Census) ^of the district hav^e -been .ele-ctrif ie d . *■ ■ i. ’u -1 * (V) BUM S;

~~The State- Banlc of' India is' orfiy "'hatiorfalised~~

~~Banlc having business in this .district .At pp.es^'xrt5 it has branch- s at Bondi la Dirang^RupajKalaiitang^Tenga Vallfey, ITafra and Bhal-~~

~~ulcpqn-g... As , Oil; ,Mar.ch>,1981-5 thQ^'9 -t^te Bank was, having only 4 brann-^~~

che$ ill, tlip His'trict'^-Bpsi'des^ these 5 the Jrunachal 'Pr-adeslif^ statV*

Cdrpp6 jryt:i^y^._ ipex i[3an^ Ltd . opened^ a Branch at Bomdila-Id--1-9S3 •P*' The' i£^o. BanS: o“f/ic e -f orsEasJb ckamengj west Kameng' and 'i^-warlg ^ distri.ct~ is" fuuctioniag^ at Bomdlia'^

~~' K V1 -) C‘0-6Fi5;RATryS5~~

■ ,j — . Co-operative dn^titutions have' a Vitî'roê" t o play in chang ing the 3 oc i o- e c on omic c ondI ti^Jn b? ^;h^' pe opiy'^ The Boniuila Co-operative General Stores Ltdregistered on 24th June.1950 w^s, the fip.gt Co-operative society”an^ the district u pt o 'Mar ch 1933^ -v only^ 1 2 Hos -..G o per a t i ve s oci"^ t ife ^ A^'er e s e tû^

~~\7i thi-n til e J ur :^s d i c^ti on of pre ^ ent w s t Ka me hg / At pr.'e s^ent ‘ ^ ^' • 29 Kbs ^of , cp-operatiye; S pcietyt ar-e f unctioniKg’^%n tiid d t i f i c t '~~

~~out tifwhich ,2 i 6 a . ' er cansuiaer ■Co-ioperativQ-'2 ''traiispof‘t ;c!o-^'^ ^ operativemultipurpose.-cp-oilDerative are S other co-oper'atives v - 7 -~~

~~vii * Givil^ Supply ^~~

In 'the 'district 5 the civil supply Depar1:meiit ,make§ provision of fpod^-^tufi*jbuilding. materialB(Genient } .and 'petro leum pr oducts .Thrpugh appointed flealfers.Upto Marcbjl^SS ,39 Hos of Fair P rice‘Shop, were set up in the jurisdiction of present West Kameng district .At--present, there are 37 Nos .of Fair Pclcfe

~~Shops in the district^'of which 16 i‘?6 s .are in Co-operative sector and v^l lios *are‘ ^15 private se-ct‘or undfer the public Distribution System (JDS).~~

~~The district is having one liPG ^igency at Rupa and~~

4'^JCioi . Petr 6 ieuin/SK r etail outle ts ^ one e^ach ,,at B;0 mdila, Bha- 3_ukpong iiupa and Dirang, Viii. V X P T Centre . Three Very Low Power Transmetters are functioning at * -3c5rMila$'Birahg' and Sal^^rtang^ 9. temeB€^>IT iaTlVITISS . i ) 3duca15ion ' ~ I - ...y.. . Rapid progress has been made in the field of education after indepenQQnce ,Thd' finst low^’if- primar^y school was established at B^oot(Jsrigaon) on 1st Aprij^j 19 4 9 .later' on^few mo- -re schools were opened for the local, children in this a,rea*Upto

1.96^5“6 6 3 there were oaiy 19 institutions in th^ present ,Juri“ sdiction of West Kameng wj-iich includffid one H .S schoo l^aM .S vschdbljand lower primary schools.The trend of growth of educa tional institutions and enrolment at different stages during the few years are presented below;-

~~W^OjiTlOiSAk .INSTlTUyiQNS,^ - . ,r .-’'ft- Year “ 5 ,j l!otal j College t ,. 5 Pre T Prinmry (TiliddleJ Seconl H S Sj~~

~~0 /primary^ ^ | dary ^ | j .*> * -I~~

~~1992-93 .47 06 17 8 2 140 1~~

~~1993-94 57 87 16 8 3 .171 1~~

~~1994-95 63 91J IS 7 4 191 1 ■~~

~~1995-^96^ " 6 2 9^^ 16 " -6 4 '186 1~~

~~1996-97 f 6 2 ,. '9'9 1 6 > 6 ' 4 187' . 1 > - & - -~~

~~BimOIMSHT BI SUn00J3 .(IH..K03-)-~~

Jear 4 ,, Pri ' Midd , Secon>Hr%Secoi'Tbtal' / G-olle‘ge primary, inary' le , dary ,ndkry r 't * - .'-I______, ‘ •* 19?2r93 1455 4024. 2196 2527 183^ 12038 - ^ ,126 1993-94 1717, 41B5. 2104 ^2455 1551 12312 ..*■ .* 102r 1994-95 1822 22P3- 1838. 2^^8 ^418 l.?315 . r^09 . 1995-96 I? A 4421 1662 1521 2176 9730.. > -127 1996-97 1021 4321 1321 1696 3^1'7 12074 160 a. 3li ^ r . ' '*1.

*‘i 1 - ^ ' ''' 'v * ^ _ ‘ The ‘figure ^above reveals that both the numbj8 r of liduca- tional Institutions and enrolment there of "^have r^gistered„ an inc j" rease over the years. O'* .. j M ore over j 48 Hos • of Adult ^ Sduca ti on^ Gei>tre 'UJ^der Har al Functional Lieracy Progrdmnie and 30 Nos', j;Qf, Adu3,t Education centres under State M ult Education i^ogramin^ are functioning in the district. r,

(11) . JPUBIJC ^ r • ^ j Th6 ' Health' and Family V/elfare Services occupy a sig- . > ‘i j nirieant- place in the welfare state-These services include i(up- ^rbvement of environmental sanitation,control of communicable. *T . • dlseases-,hTe*alth 'education,family welfare and child health ser-- V- ' s 1 ~vices,

r Before the administration came forward to giVe Medi cal aid,the people usêd the indegenWs^ medicine though not in êsC'-tensive way'În: the> year ’1946,-One *civi'l AsBt1:Vsufg*aon was*" .■pbsted‘^)at Charduar with over all charge of the •Medic'‘al Depart- ■ment♦’This post was upgraded as District Medicai 2 Officer y < ^ '' i " and’ ’th^’ he'adquar-teT was sh'irted to'Bomdila in " ■

~~The first dispensary was opened in 1943 at Hupa and~~

~~subsequently moreunits were opened .T ill 1964-65, only 8 medi"- cal Units were ^et up within the' jurisdiction of ,’present., west ICameng* A.^able sha«wing number of allopathic'Medical~~

~~Institutions,authcQ7 ised beds and Doctors in West ICameng over the yea^ is given below;- 9 ^~~

~~Year i Hospital/Dlspen Doctors Beds I saries/H-IG/HSG/ J Health centre~~

~~As on March«1992 18 14 136 in 14 151 t» It ^1994 IB 14 151 '> -1995' 2 S 16 145 I* ^1996 24 16 145 «* »» 1997 29 23 193~~

At present 5 the health services are being extended to the people of vest Kameng through a net■^^/ork og IDls- trict Civil Hospital 5 I Health Unit 5 5 primary Health centrej2 Health Suh-’centre and 19 Dispensaries .Moreover one Homeopathic D i spensary is attached to ^the district .Civil Hospital 5 Borndila far rendering medical aid to loqal people 23 .v^os .Com.Giunity Health Volunteers(Medics}were trained and posted in 4ifferent villages ‘ of the district ^ After selactipn „Qf 31 Nos.of^DAIS^ from high ‘ altitude ai’eajthey i-jere trained in District hospital for atten^ ding delivery cases in villages and posted jja their re spec ~ ctive areas..

~~,4ph;Le^vemenJ; jDf^ s -~~

To organise anti-maiaria activities in Foot-hills area-jone Malaria Sub-Ins pec tor was posted at Charduar in 19 52. In the first pa,rt of 1953^ one Malaria Inspector was posted to the district and two anti-malaria units were opened at Hupa and Dirang This was the first attempt to render malaria control meausres in the interior *From 1950^-59 ^ Government has launched the Malaria Sradication Programme in India.Due to full co-operation of vill agers and extensive measures taken to eradication' itjthe achie- ement are fruitfull.In 1952“53 out of 16440 cases treated,5174 belonged to malaria whereas in 1965-66^out of total 42330 cases treated there were 43? cases of malaria.There were 164 cases of blood slides collected in west karaeng district during 1995-96, - 10 -

..ix’ter successful eradication of small pox,the total maiipover of N3EP has been brought under-BPI*At present 2 Health Inspect or s. 12, Health Assi^stants and 1 para^^Medlcal Assi*^ stant are in'the district.Under this programmejthe people are

~~being immunised against Diphtheria 5 Tetanus ^-whooping'cough,polio Cholera and Typhoid by protective vaccination,~~

T G QNTROL _FEQGR.AI'ii^B *

The District Tuberclulosis Officer ’with his team of v^orleers are trying their best for detection and control of TB in this area .Facilities are also provided for Domicialary treatment to the TB patients.During 1984-85^288 TB patients received treatment ih^the District as against 197 during 1981-62• Total number of. sucli cases during 1995-9'6 was 2 only* . ^ A mOG-H.AMMa:~

~~In 'the district sterlization operation are done in the District Civil Hospital and primary Health centres* ■the number of sterJUzation cases curing; 19"95*^96 vas 58 as against~~

~~1 dur ing 5 I 9 P.O-81 .During 1996-97 lUGD insert ^cases .356 feamale^ the lUGD insertion cases dtiring 1980-81 were only 82. •~~

~~National leprosy 3radication Programme has been implemented in west Kameng; by opening a unit at Bomdila with 3 Nos of survey,education and treatment centres at Mafra^~~

Dirang and -Ka laic tang .During the ye-ar 1 9 9 4 - 9 6 5 6 Nos* of leprosy cases were treated* Also mass ^goitre--survey carried out i n .all villages of ^the" d istric t.17 Nos*^ of goite Cases were* 'detetj'ted during 1991-92*

~~i i i j FORBiST;~~

~~At present the folio~~

~~1 . Bomdila Forest Division.' 2-m-■ Khellong Forest Division. 3 . Shergaon Forest Divi-sion-. 4, northern’ Resources survey Division . ^ 11 -~~

The Headquarters of Bomdila"Forest Divison is at Bonidila and it has got 4 Rangesji^e Bomdila range,Dirang Range ICiupi ranrge and Nafra range,-The total revenue of the division during 1995«96 -was 200*43 alid^ during 1996-97 was 160*78 lakhs as againvst 156*34 I^k'hs during 1994-95.

. The Headquaeters of IChellong Forest Divi- sioais at Bhalukpong and it has got 4 Ranges.The revenue of lOiellong' Forest Division during 1980-81 was 34,10'lalihs but revenue positi'^i'i been subs tat i^lJy increased over the •years ^During the year 1996-96 the Division earned revenue of [is,102.52 lald'is a‘s against 166,31 lakhs during 1994-95^ ‘ \ The headquarters of Bhergaon Forest Divisi oh is at Rupa»The Division has 3 Ranges i^e KalaktahgjRupa and Shergaon*The total revenue collected hy the Division du ring 1995-96 was to the tune of TiS* 208.40 Ikahs .and during 1996-97 was - 194,01 lalchs as against i'Sy-230.97 laidis ^ during 19‘94-95.

~~Moreover 5 the orchid Research and Training Centre is'.functioning at Tipi ..The Orchid centre was set up during 1972 with the aim of collection^cultivation and coinm*^~~

ercialisatiori of orchid iThe- 6 entre ha& a orchid herberrium ,maintaining a largo volume of data on plant resources*

Since Julyj 1986 3 the ^centre has str^ted sale of multiplied orchids to other States of the Country In t»rder to popularise and to highlight research activities on orchidsjthe ^centre under th® S F R Ijltanagar is partici*- patipg in. occasional exliibitions in. different parts of the Country. ' . ^ ' l!he orchid centre Tipi,attracts many visitors to ,see the. different .types of orcliids in natural beauty. ; = i , The total ^ e a under Reseve and iin'chal Reserve Forests in I'fest^Kameng are. 19718.67 Hects .and 455

Hec ts *r e s P9 c ti ve ly • M or6 oVer 5 123 6 he c ts , and 372v'91 He c^ts ♦ of the district are proposed for Reserve forest and iUichal rese rve ’foreSt.The important forest spicies Xr\ the district are Blue pine,chlr'jpiae jGupressr’j.HollockjPoma',JUtali,Hingori^ Gak

~~Walnut.jSopajFir ^ Atnini ,Dhuna, Hotipolia, Gomari5 Bonsum and Mekahi. - • . • • « 1/2 «~~

~~ICiiowii-^occuraiice of jsish minerals in t'he district are -~~

c oal 5 G op per Or e j D olonii te , Glas s and Mar ble . ■ i V) IMAL Eg^|3 WMX -M> ' Iavestock"'plays an important role,in the SociO“^econoniic life and develDpment of the .people 't of west Karaeng.The iiniiiial Husbandary activities for "the development of livestocks are divided into three aspects.i-24 a) Aniinal Health coverage (b) livestock development, and production and (c) Education and training.

For effective animal health coverage veterinary dispensaries are located’ at BomdiiajDlrangjRupa, ICalaktang Thrizino^Bhalukpong an4 l^afra*

~~At present.5 the District is having 17 Yeterianry Aid Cnetres x^hl'ch are located at Hyukmadung^Salarij~~

Thrizinori^. on March, 1977,the total number of veterianary d is pens arie sand veterianxy Aid centres within ^the j liirisGiction of present' west ICameng were 5 and 10 respectively. Besidesthere is one. Mobile Veterianry^_ Dispensary and District Diagdnostic’’ laboratory at Bomdila. i^cvEsjTcpiu)?^ Bi^e to .the availability of abundant gr-r- een pasture-,there i? ample scope fol^ the development of live stock lii the districtjB'oothills areas' covering' altitude of 500 to .3000 feet ate condu-ctive for rearing'hill cattl^j'Mithun .^heep and pultry*The suitable aLniml husbandary practices, in the upper .belt having the altitude of 6000 to llOOO feet ih>^ elude sheep^Yak and' Dzo-Dzomoi Girclewise livestock population of west,.^ Kameng district as per 1992 Livestock Census are given as"'^" per table belows-^ -• , I' SI»,NO< Name of j Name of Circle

~~, li ves t ocL, -Q I j ThrTziT ifafr a 7 Hia i^uk ^ ^ i tangjno i [ ,pong T~~

~~1 > Cattle 1391 7C24 4006 3384 1435 . 627~~

~~2 • Yak. 1050 114 - -r - 3. MithUn . 144 - 1441 755 2 4 . Sheep 47 567C. 7915 - 8 8 « 5, Goat 501. 2277 1661 ■' 2364 789 429~~

6 . . Poultr y 1573 9694 6535 3334 4064 1437 7 . Donkey/Ponj^ 40 2094 178 365 557 *. 8 . Pig ’174' 1492 267 2 2 6 2 ' . 847 58 9 . Duck 106.. 264 417 73 - 137 . 1 0 . Dzo-Dzomo 2 11798 434^ - - 1 1 , Klephant - —- 1 In the district jemphas-is has ' been laid on exten Dive cross breeding programme to improve the local livestock

~~^‘or more production of milk^meatj egg8 5 ^ 0 0 ! jetc ,~~

Qa catt]j6 development aspects 3 besides distriba-^ tion of breeding bulls ‘in villages,'so far 14 cattle upgrading centre.s have been set up in the district of which 6 centres are in Dirangjg centres are in 3omdilaj3 centres are in Kalaktangj

~~2 centre.s are at -:/afra and 1 at Thrizino circle .There ^were 4 cattle upgrading centres in the present jurisdiction of -west~~

~~ICameng as on March5 1971«~~

A sheep breeding farm with exotic Russian Merinc sheep has already been set up at Sangti .Fodder development isano*

~~ther* aspect which aoes side by side with li\2:es-tock’ development:: project.One Regiona 1 Temperate Fodder s,eed production-cura Dem- ostration. farm was established at Dirang during 1930*-S1.~~

gpUG iiT I ON In-service course of training to the- staff of .Animal Husbandary 3: Yeterianry Depa]?tment and short term Trai ning programiTie to acquaint the farmers with various livestock development aspects are carried out regularly*. Training cehtre to train the farmers on Sheep rearing and grading has been set up at Sangti where every year 20 to 30 fa^^mers are trained to acquaint with m'odern techniques of sheep rearing and wool grading. The following table shows the iTos . of animal / birds treated in west Kameng L>i>;trict

~~Year 1 General cases Innoculation/ 1 Castration i.- 0 Vaccination 1992-93 21466 13036 1448 1993-94 20959 16933 1469 1994-95 22900 28752 799 1995-96 19500 2722C C76 1996-97 26351 1B624 1939~~

The Dairy Farm at ^far jung produced 49790 litres of Milk during 1995-96 and during 1996-97 46326 litres of Hi He*

~~a:AL sip‘:.p~~

~~The Regional sheep Breeding Farm with pure . Russian Marino and Local sheep was es,tablished under N S G at Sang ti d ur in g 1975 wi th the f ol low ing ob j e c ti v es : ~ 14 ~~~

1« To niu3,tiply Russian Marino stock for production of breeding stock. 2 . To undertake the cross-breeding programrae for J.ocal sheep with pure Russian ^^arino.■ ¥ 3. To provide pure Russian Mar in« and cross hreed Rams tp the sheep breeding .of the horth eastern region to up grade their local stock for production of better \^ool and large .bod.y \^?eight. * ' . , 4. .To imprQv.e pasture development or raising sheep in modern me;thod • j 5. To impart primary training to sheep management and sheep rearing techniques.

~~6 w>, Disease control of sheep by mass drenching, and vacci^ nation. The area of the .farm is 1S2 o60 acres.~~

ri4 T I a! kL RJ^,.4RM • The Research Centre on Yak,an Institution of the Indian Council of agriculture Research started functioning \A/ith effect from 19H9 with a sole objective to improve the Pr o- d uc ti V e ly k hus band ar y c 6nd i ti on and inc or p or a te be 11 er g er mpl ~ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ...... a i “^ce OUT ce of raeatlYak is considered as the only mamal which dweles in between 10000 to 18000 feet above sea level. The In'*;titution is involved, to evolve, technologies which shall enhance econom ic status of the higx^-landers rearing Yak. a survey conducted on the existing germplasm reve aled presence' of five tvypes of Yak i^e commonjBisonian^Bar bae kj Forehead long hair and white Yaks* The in'sti^utipa has, alreat^y- procured "67 hects?.of land at Nyukinadung for establishment o'f farm and 11,42 apres at Dirang for of f ice/Laboratory and residential complex .'Warier* ties of coli tolerant legumes and grass is being tried at i7yuk.*r madung by the Institution«Grass and leguraes like dactyles g 1 oner ata 5 Lolium pr er enne 5 Medic av e s t i ve ^ Dr in th opuw c om.pr e s s us etc* were found, to be satisf iictory for the high, hills • Reg i onal Temperat^'F odd er Sead pr oducti on-cum-Demo - s tr a t i on_ Far m"HT? ’T) ir ang', ...... ^ ™ ” The Farm was establishment under II during 19S0-G1 though ifstrated functioning from 1905-86 ori receipt of i! 'ii C fund .The production of seed was strated from 1986-87 onwards. The main objectives of the farm are as under

1 . Production of legume and non-legume fodder grass seed f or t mpe r ai:e c lima te . 2^ To select the suj.table grass for temperate climate by giving comperative tria l. 4-. To deve.lop suitable management practices for pasture •to demostrate re-seeding programme, 5 . To demorrbrate application of fe r tilize rs. --I® - \ The imxn farm of RTF Dirking is located at Giiaiidar v i l lage .Mitli an- area ox 1 4 j a'cres an:d. it has got 3 sub-Centres at War juiig j'Trillain and one at TawaagcThe tj^es of fodder deeds growth ill the farVsub-c'sntres. are (a; Perenlal Rye (b)Fescue (c) Goc>^«6ot (d } Itiite clover

Particulars JUnit .AS OIC 31/3 /9 8 1993 I 1994 'rT995“XY99'6 ^ 'JL 1997 Gqvt.Fish ^f'arm 7 7 7 7 7 ' sr u 45 101 136 17G 264 Other fish pond u 26 26 36 45 10 ar a under Pisciculture riect . 3 .62 7.0 9,65 8.08 24.5 .Water area dev.e tl - 7 .00 9.65 16^6 ^ 4 .5 loped Integrated Fish 1^0, 7 7 0 15 35 fatming Unit Fingelings Dis 1'000' 41*5 r;8,0 13B.0 16 2.0 232.0 tributed ir e a -und er padd y le c t , 4 5 .0 5 0 .0 5 5 .0 6 0 .0 6 5 ,0 .cum-rPis c icul tur e

Under rural Acqualture schemes^vi;ilage people are allowed to construct fish ,pond on, subsidy basis.This scheme was introduced in this district during 1974--75. In: order to boost-up the production of fish and fish seeds steps are being ta^^.en to established more farms as well as expansion of existing farms so that more and more finger- lings can be di tributed to the villagers every year. ^ Details of fish and^fish seeds production in west Kaiiieng during last few years are given belows*^'

~~I T .5 M [bnitj 93-93 93^941 94-95' 96-961 96-97 1 a ) . Fish H"^odu.c;tipn i) Marino I IT~~

~~ii) Inland ” 124.90 133.3 173 .4 2 0 1 . 2 193.5 b ) Fisli Seed, oduc ti^qpL^ i) Fry Million ~ ii } Fing ar ling s 27.0 1 5 ,0 l.SV^ 1 , 7 2.2 - XlFi -~~

The departme?it of Fisheries is establishing fish seed nurseries at different loCv^Ltion of the district for supplying fish seed to the vil.l:igcx*s i An experimental prawn culture has been taken up at Bhalukpong dul-ing the financial year 1990-91,The specdes are

Giant fresh 1^^ater prawn and grovjing .well.The indegenous pro\ra is available in the natural streams^,.of Foothills area*

~~, The 'Govt, Xj^out Hatclieryj^her^aon has been established in 1979 with objectives to produce Trout seeds for Trout fish multiplication in the liigh altitude glacier region of lacks~~

s tr e anis 5 r iv er s of at* una cha 1 ‘ Pr ad e s h% Tr out seeds pr od uced var ie s from 50,000 .jos.to 100j000 Jos*per year from Trout Hatchery, ohergaon^and these Trout seedB are stocking in the natural lakes and rivers of west Kameng and Tawang district. The rivers iuving of stock of Trout seeds are Ghhunr-:

~~river . ySAR--wise Trout seed production are given below:~~

~~Trout species ? Seed pr oduced f Water . ^ ‘Months~~

~~y 0 Temo.G 1990-91 3ro.wn Trout 35000 4r-S Jov-Dec'.~~

~~Rainbow Trout 5000 6 - ^ 1 0 Feb-Har . 1991-^92 >3r own Tr out 30000 iTov-Dec ,~~

~~Rainbow Trout 14000 6 - 1 0 Fe]D-Nar 199-5-93 Brown Trout 29000 4-3 I\ov-Dec . Rainbow Ti:out 56000 6 - - 1 0 Fsb-Har . 1993-94 Brown Trout 45000 4-8. i'Tov-Dec.~~

Rainbow Trout :ta 6 - 1 0 Feb-Mar. 199^-95 Brown Trout’ 1 ^ . 2 T^kh 4-8 ./,‘ov-Dec . Hiiinbow Trout ^ 6 - 1 0 Feb-Ito - 1995-^96 Bromi 'Trout 72S00 4^3 .'.'ov-Ds^ • Raibow Trout. 45500 6 - 1 0 Fev-Mar .

~~VI.~~

jiTts and crafts are the ele-ments which help j - . ^^ople-’in strcngthenin'g their economic resources and making the ms e Ive s c ol our f u l . The' tr ad i t i onal ind us tr i e s of the d i s tr ic t are. wool s.oiningjweaving,dying w^th indegenous dyeing materialSj bamboo and cane works,mask and image making,carpet making of lo c a l h head gears and shoes and water driven grinding wheels for food grains. Witil/Che inae pence of the countryjthe Govt*.ff.lt it necessary to improve and strengthen the economic condition of the area by provicing necessary aids to crafts and craftsmen. 4s a result of thatjthe cottage industriesjtraining cum produ ction centres v?ere started by the administration at Bomciila in the year 1953—54 .The different arts and crafts Vnich were tau ght through GITrc(now renamed as. xjrafts centre ) of this district consisted of (a) weaving(b) Carpet making (c) Carpentary Cd ) Blacksiiiithy (e )'Sawing ( f ) s-oap making (g)lmitting (h) Cane and Bamboo v? or ks (i } Painting and ( j ) ‘v;ood curving • Later onIKalaktang Craft c entr e was opened. At present the di=?trict is having 2 craft centres at Boiiidila and Kalaktang which are functioning as Training cum- pr od uc ti on' c entr e . The following table reflects increase in number of trainees trained in the Craft centre of west ICameng over the years ______...... llame of thej _ Number of trainees trainee^ tn W/I^meng Graft I [ ' T992-9aViV93-‘93:“'f i9 ^ - 9 a [ 96^^-9Sr'96-9 fl991-9|

VJ^aving 8- 4 a fe , ^ Carpet — 9 •19 7 1^2 0 Painting 1 1 - 0 Mask making -- -1 0 Knitting 4 2 ‘ 6 5 3 0 IS Gar pent-*.r y - - 1 I) Wood curving - - 1 - 1 Silversmithy 1 - i - 1 0 Tailor Ing 4 0 1

The administration arranges to supply... tools . J.raw Cl 17 UlCLmaterials to the deserving pas; (L.L ^ W ur-u J.J. ^ subsedy'basis . emporium is also functioning at Bomdila and the finished products of the craft centre of the district arare sold to the local people and outsiders through the show-roomn cum sale counter of the emporium .The total out-turn from th,ie craft centre of the district during the year 1995-96 was ij .2 jl2 3 294/-and total sale proceeds was J ,2 j4 1 ,0 1 5 ,During the year'1996-97 tota1 out-turn was . 2 , 2 5 3 000 /-and sale proceeds was iis »2 j oS j <-'.>9 / / —

~~DI.TRICT IN::UbTRISS CSn'J^ .~~

The District Industries centre of wes.t Kameng s tar te d f uncti on;lng a t B omd ila f r om 15th 3e pt ember 5 1978 m th the merger of the then Rural Indu^:;tries project-The notable features of the yiVbrict Industries centre were established^ ment of the Craft contres3 comprehensive production centre ^ Extension of oericulti;u:-e programme and establishment of small Industries centres. There is iio factory in the district registered under

Factory act5 194;^:.The district industries centre (aiC) Bomdila has so f^r made permanent registration of ^ 59 Units in West ICauieng xdiich are QligijD.le for all incentive and subsedy av.ai>l*- able for industrially bacj.^^;ard areas-K ore over 5 DIG has been implementing the scheme ftjr self employment to educate unemp-

lo 3?-ed youth and deputes local youths for Industrial management Training and Snterprenuours Development programme in various par' i ts of 11 S Region and other .par'ts of India.Tlie DIG also provide ravj materials assistance: to snnll and cottage industries through ravj materials banks - of. APIDFC and extends technical guidance to enter pr enu our s • lAjith the collaboration of Hindustan Machine Tools Ltd, Bangalore^a rural project called Rural Industries Develbptiient aeisds centre has be'en taken up at Dirang aiming to create more trai ning facilities on the follovjing trades to local youth for up lifting the economj.c condition of the rural population (a)Mac- hine shop.(b) Carpentry (c) Electrical servicing (d) Black- smithy, (e) Tinsmithyj (f) Mechanical servicing 5 (g ) Automobile repairing and servicing*The contre has started functioning from

April 3 1990*

SSRlOTIirUilg, ^^TlVIjtlgS In the districtjSeficulture centres are functioning at Dirangj Jerigaon and IChoina-These centres are distributing disease-'free laying to villagers for rearing of Oak-Cocoons. Cocoons prod.uced out of distributed seeds ^re again purchased by the -Industries department^Central Tassar Research & Train ing centre has been opened at Dirang village to impart train ing reeling and spinning so that the villagers can reel and spin cocoons into yarns and thereby earn an additional income.

During the year 1995-96, 495 disease free laying (DFIS) were supplied to the villages: rearers as againrt 930 . DP IB during 1994-95 .The Sericulture centre of the district produced 50 s.iiri Cocoons5 1?.,446 i-Ios . of Ckk Tassar during 1996-97. ' ■;

~~V i l , .^GEICUDi’IJRE,.,.~~

~~The climate of the district is conductive to both agriculture and Horticulture .There is good scope forW R G in some pockets of Dirang,TlirizinOjKalaktang and 'Jafra.~~

In the di?’trict maize j millet ^-Jaddyj^potato and cabbage are mainly grown.The total available land for cult- iivation in the di.strict is 10378 Hect.of which 9074 hects. under permanent cultivation and 1304 hects ^under JhuniLng.The Monpas prefer settled cultivation wh-reas shifting cultivation us is practised mainly -by ALcaSjHi-jis and Iliawa^s . The agricii]/Gur^ •'Depar ti-nent lias been farmers \]yth gT4tit of. subsidy for de.ye.lopme'nt of ^nd ani aldo providiarj ir/V se€^ds^fertilxzers aiid: ‘tools at-subs^.dtised' .^.rate an eff-eirt' to more f ood'vGoveruiiie'nt is also -xidinQ: fi-ee plant protection sery.ices to farmers ” (Che :cotal area brought, under .l^laiit otectio"- ■»oi ri ------I <^crn T------'.u-. J-._■-1 C'OO ^ ^ •ire crops

• t.%* '""•r-»~ fe- - . - cf* si ■ Name of cr'op S* ;^"6 a £i3- Eect* Qdaction X 'leiId rate in ,( M T ■) J ( .QtlssPC" __ _ t. -■G-! V" . jC. T, $ • 1“7 •. , t" • . ■« T7-'* ■ ** »

~~1 . fed-dy' 1019, i3a.6 1 3 ,6~~

~~2 . Maize 3995 6192 1 6 ,5 3 . 'Millet 1435 1392 9 .7~~

~~4 . vlieat 246 443: ir. « 0 5* jPota^o 946 ■ 8f5'6 91,6~~

~~” '6 • V y *xUiLs'es — 478 4 2 8 - B*95 • 7-. "Ji :Qj.l* see.d 2 l'p' ai3, . 1 0 a~~

products like potato and cabbage are grawn on cOi.iinerci^' basis, and transported but of th^ ^tate in ^arge senile, B , FAr,iuerJ„s. S.^ij, The Training cchtre was es^tablish^d in x.ie ye-c^'‘ 1901

~~•' ' ^ The ‘follQwl^ig- t;;^pes!t'Qf' ;iicai‘ning .cxde gcnerall3^ Dpait ay the centre. ^ ^~~

fa) I'Astij:u*bional’ ’t^îjliiiugyCb i iDduct.ral cm'.,-**-0 emOv^tr et bi on tt*awningj (c) Training on C'Câpose niakiiig (d) protec- tûn, (e"> li<>rticulture tralrxihg (-f )Home^-science„ tralnin^s^ fVtid Scien:ci-fic' s-tâge‘ of'iqod ■ grains .• VIII.

‘The activities of Ho|’ticulture department in Kameng are niainly (a) frocurement and distribution of fruit p3-ants (Iq ) s tabli s iinient of new Or clitard s / Pe o pie * s Hor ti c ul ~ tur al gar d en c ) ?e getab le c ultilfati on (d ) S'ca.b er^adicati on and Plant p:’ ote c ti on (e ) Re - j uvena t i on of old or chaifo s (f ) pr ocur ement and d i s tr i buti oil of niannur e s f er„tili z er,s and , Horticultural tools /implpments ,(g1 Gardamoj^ cultivation.

In tile district apple is grom on coiuinerbial basis and transported out of the ^ t ate ore over, pr ografiidiiS like ' cauliflower ^eed ,produc*^ion and Radish -seed proiSjuption etc* ia have turn out to be a great success. •. • -r >-

il table is presented be 1 0 x7 Shbi^ing_ the^ trend of gr ow th of hor ti c ul tur al g ar d en i n ' \ie d t Same ng .bver:’ the y ear s and iTo.of z^ril/H or til .Farms 'in the district', ' ‘ ' / . * \

~~As on I ilgr il • f ar ms ! H or t i l . 1 E or tii • f Pe o-pI b s H or til • Farms j[ Hursery ‘J &arHd^r~~

~~March;*BC 1 1 1 1067 Mar ch * 1 1. 2 10C6 Harch'* 90 1 1 3 a i S 7 March'91 1 , 1- 3 1270~~

~~March^92 1 ■ 3 5 ’ ^ 132S ^~~

~~March‘93 ■3 3^ 1337 March’ 94 2 4 1343 March* 95 - 3 4 1360 March ^ 96 3 ‘4 1360 .~~

B X W i, HCRTIGUXTIIR.4X FiEMStSHaRG40K,. ■State Horticultural Farm^'was e'stalilished iri the year 1976-77 over an area of 120 Hects »under the Horticultural Development programme -with the following objectives t** v ■

a) to raise and multiply planting materials to meet up domestic requirements* b) to esta^blish a progeny^^cum-demostration garden to motivate 'the^ farmers- c) to impaBt training on various horticultural activities to the field staff and archardists, d) to conduct trials and demostration* ^ ^GXGliAL APPE j^SKRYjMRAi^^ The Regional Apple imrsery was set up at Dirang during the year 1977-78 through I^HiG programme with the objective of multi plica tiQii of temperate fruit plants tlirogh hea*- Ithy mother trees for scionwood purposes »The nurserxr was in itially strated with an area of 4^4 hee^s-.under bearing/non-bearing fruit

~~plants like ap.ple5 plum^'peach efe.and au additional area of 17.6 hectsiwas added during i973^79 .Duxiil^ '.the year 1933-04 an- area~~

of S Hects .had been further added to the nursery. At present 5 total area of the nursery enjoys 30 hects o■which have been put under d i fferent if ruit crops and -nur^sery programme'. In the year 1981-'S2ja fruit preservatioh-cum-demos- tratiion contre wa.^ installed to utilise unm.a,rketable fruit and impart training to the villagers and .houieewives •

~~The area 3 production and yeild rate of important horticultural products of Govt * iigril*Fat:ni”"ditring 1995-96 are sh.omi in the following table>,~~

~~Hame of Fruits I -Area in S Production | Yield rate I Hects- I in M»T. ^ ( Qtlstper~~

~~I 0 0 H e c t .)~~

~~A.Apple 5 8 ,7 .131 i 64 22.42 Pears 2 .7 6 1-.8S 6.31 Peach I B .00 0 . 3 1 * 0*39 Vfe-lniit I I -Pomegranate ’ 1 .8 0 1.00 ^ ..5 5 Plum~~

~~B,.^ Sub-Trpjoical Fruit^s~~

~~Pineaj[)lw'~~

~~Orange~~

~~Grapes 7 .6 1.653' 2.17~~

~~I X . Rur a 1 ¥or k s~~

.. During 1996,the Rural works Department (RViD) has been bifurcated in.to three independent Departments i.eRuxal Wor ks De par t men t j Pu.bli c H e a It h S ng ine e r ing D e par t men t ^ Ir r i ga t i on Flood Control Department-

Under Rural Works Divisionjthere are two Rural V'Jorks 3ub-I)iv?.slon in the distripti.eBomdila Rural works sub- Division and Kalaktang Rural works sub-Division.Moreover5 the office of the Superintendent iingineer has been establihed at Rupa. The activities of Rural VJorks Department are mainly confined to construction and maintainance of village li nk road/porter tracjr and construction of staff quarters etc. -

The Rural Works Department has so far installed 3 /"os*of Bio-gas plants in the district of i/jhich 2 I^Ios^^are at Dbiniara and 1 No.at I'afra Hospital«One -wind mill has beeli^ set up at Salari. ' ^ ‘ s. X . ^Publip. Health The activities of public Health lingineeriRg i§ mainly confined to provide drinking \^Jater supply to. vil3_agers. Up10 Mar ch * 95 129 vi1lag e s of the d i s tr i c t ' are pr ov id ed \d th crinliiing v;ater supply though upto March?94 drnliing m ter pro vided to- 85 villages *of the* districtv

XI i Irri'ga/pipn and^ Plppd^ ,contr pi Dej3arJ:meri^ ^ ' The activities of the Irrigation and Flood'Coatr ol Bepar.tment,,is mainly confined to,’confined to construction of minor irri|ation channel ini'the district.

~~in the d istric t 5 a total 1652,62 Ile'ct.coimiund area is uhder Minor irrigation projects ♦ 10. Rural, Deveiopnieht~~

Rural development assumed greater importance since theof 6 th Five. Years Plan poverty alleviatioh^v R'’ogramnie in^shape of integrated ,Rural Development Prograjxime (IRDP) and Rural Employmat Programme were :& launched' thjroug]:^*^ out the territory.. '-'v _

^present5 V^est Kameng Rural Development Ag'ency looks after sp of the 2 0 point programme.,Th.^ DRDA cpvers. i l l the'' 3 blocks of \iest Kanieng jnamely^KalaktangjIJafra-BuJ'agabh and Dirang. . . - ,

~~Int e^^r a ted Rur a3.^ De^e^LjoPmp nt, ,.f^pgr amme.~~

The main objectives: of IRDP is to ‘provide assi stance to the identified rural families who are helotj, the po>-r verty line vjith in 6 ome generating assets so that'the^^ caa.cr oss the poverty line.The firs.t block to be brought u-^der ^IKBP •was Xalaktang in 1970-79 f ollo^,jec by Hafra-Buxagaon ariiS Di^^^ang ih '19n0-r>l respectively .For selVction of beneficiaries ^ hpiise hold survey v;as conducted first in 19S3,

~~Under/IRD^j fund is*provided by both central and State Government on 50s 50 basis.A ll the I R D P schemes are credit linked i/here the unit cost of a scheme is Lo. 4000/- or more.~~

~~AC - aa~~

The scheme on training of Rural Youths for self eniploynient (!TRYSL!i) is also a compoiieut of IRDP aiining to provide technical sl:ill to rural youths families' 'below VaB , poverty line to enable them to talce self employment ventures in. any' of the economy sectors'.On completion of -training-^ tr aine e s ar e pr ovicl ed i th f inan c i al as s i s tance mid er' I-: KD P .

The programme ofîSlîF ife designed to .provide.« assiiance to small and marginal farmers on IHDP pattern for increasing agriculture production and productively .This pr- bgramm was introduces in the middle of 6th plan mth_3 com ponents/namely (a) Minor irrigatio-n (-bj Distribution '*of mini kits of oil seedsjcourse grain,pulses and (c) .land develom*- ent and plantation ‘of fruits and fûel trees ii^n public land • But the scheme has been discontinued, < ^ p-A®4, S 1,9.® L X. P . ) ' * Integrated Child Development ;ServiCB projec’t^.takes

~~car e of he alth and nutr 1 1 ional s ta tus of %•}omen- aiid ' ^chi^ldren~~

~~(age group 0 -6 ) . The. package of services under the 'gvojp^^rmB in I'jest Kameng is being provided tlorough 103 AD.gan>;adi'■ Centres~~

~~Besides,Government of ^^.unachal ^^adesh has- rece- n t ly in tr od uc ed a w pr ogr a mme o:^ [xc e a - cum-C omniuni t y D e v e ** •~~

1 opment under thisprograiimie jfund is released to Gr.am, Pancha- yat and villagers select schemes through iinchal 8 amity me e ti ng • The r e s p-^ c t i v e B1 oc k D e v e lop men t Of f i c er is r e s p- on s i ble? f or impie menting ^s che me uHc;.e r Jo? e a^~C um«G ommunity

~~.De ve 1 opment Pr ogr^aiTmie • - -~~

~~The pllysica.1 and financial achievemont of RuT'al~~

~~Develbpment prbgranime in l^st Kameng are sho-wn in the follo\^;in2 table♦ '-J ... ' •~~

~~SI f Particulars 1 ACHIiiViJ-MJi^T DURING II0 { 92-9jf~93^4lr 94-^95? 95-96 ■9 6 - 9 7 I ' . ' . { V C' H .~~

1:*, % R D.. P • ■ "a") Expenditure 2l«ll 4 a s ’ 1 3 .6 7 11.1?- . 2 4 .95 V incurred ( Itilchs ) s % i. by Ben^ficiar ie s 1502 161 1183 735 30S C^os) ■*' ‘ -i 2 . a.) ► Expenc-iture ls/5 2 ' 9.28 4 .8 6 - incurred (.laiihs) ;r . b ,) Beneficlaries-.,. 500 ' 75 ^36 — ’' (hds y ■ , )' y 3, J h . 1

~~a), Expenditure " 5 , 1 7 ■' 2.06 .1769 5.S1 14.03 incurr ed ( laldas ) b) Mandays 15289 10002 55515 31001 19000 gen'erated~~

~~J w i X- a) Szpenditure 1 ,5 3 0 .3 9 1.6-5 1 .9 4 7,61 incujrr ed (Li’dis )~~

~~b) Building Cons- 26 3 9 15 35 truc Ved (lios) 5, p. S.~~

~~&penditure - 1 4 .25 1 .6 1 79.31- NA incurred (lalclas)~~

~~b) xTo.of Benefi 6454 9744. '7624 NA ciaries~~

~~11* BLOCK~~

The Panchasât Raj has been introduced in the d ist rict with the ITorth Sast Frontier .êncy Panchayat Raj Regula- tio n 5 i 9 6 7 .It ,is a S Tier oystem t./ith Zilla. Parishad at DiBtrict level j itochal Saraities at Block level and Grara Panchayat at gVil- lage level/The table below shows the blockwise number of Gram Panchayat and iinchal Sanxlties in West ICameng* l^âme of the Block S Grani Faxii G^lj iiichalx Zilla 0 Z 0/ chayat t ' J Saniity^ } Pari }'

~~Dir'ang 20 ■ Z7 1 22 ' 1 3 I Kalaktang 1 5 ' 77 1 1 8 I 3- t Ha f r a'-- Bur ag a ori 33- 1 2 1 2 = 37 6 J ______~~

The Zilla P^rishad and Gr am Pan e hay a t '*'ar e ad vi s or y bodies whereas /inchal Sami ties are vested with finaneral and e^cecu-Give powers •iUi w en are ana aevexopmen-c scnemes ana progr-- a-mme^ are- change H i sed tlTr'ough these bcfiies .The Blocjc develcpni^ eni officer' functions as the executive Officer and Secretary of the ^ichai Saniity.Eia Deputy Gorfuaissioner of the district is tho Chief Executive Off!cep: and is incharge of implementing' the sch emes and* policies formulated by the Zilla Par i shad .

Blocks naj was openea ______^ __ ...______. ______. The othe^p Blocks we^,e opened during''‘1962-6'3oTh§^'Kalaktang bl ock covers ‘Balenu and ivalaktang circles and Hafra^-Buragaon block c over s JIafr a ^ Thr i z in o', Biia lukp ong j Jamer i and B omd i la (sad ar ) c ir c 1 es)All the blocks a?re in post stage* 12-

I In west Kanieng, there is one projection unit each under District Infornution and public-Re la tj^on Officer and Field Pu_bli(^’ity Of fleer jBomdila for s flowing films and: other ini p or taut Qpv er noic lit fA* ogramnie* to local people through- pro

~~jectors^:* ’ J ’ 1 r ,~~

» ' > *’ • ' Uptp Marc'h 19^'97j45'5nurjiber of Coniniunitj^ listening sets 24 I'.'os/T.V Sets and I DRS distributed to. the villagers/ ‘ circle headquarters of the district,Th'a Bomdila Twon-rship has got-a to-vrn broadcasting sys'fcfSiiL*

~~^here are 15 Ros. of'.Gultura'l Socj-eties in the dis'brict. 1 .~~

~~T/ district ^ liibrawry Bonidila has got, 15,352 numbers of bpoks as^ ’on i|drch5'1997 and 7 2 7 numbers of Specimen exists in the Distric t/lluseum.~~

~~^ 'tn/'Mnu !5jo;3«iuhK .rt9h*j3tiniTi»A trHODiifS oUnii.it? ,fiT] OjPo’ ->T 7/51^ - 25’ ~~~

~~13.~~

~~1 • Iblipp.~~

~~At present 6 numbers of police station at different .^nilnistrative headquarters with 235 police personnels func tioning in the cistrict, ,,~~

~~During the year 1996-97^114 civil and criminal -cases 33 ilos . of road accidents were reported under the. v^uperlnteudent of police jBomdila. ' ’ ' ' '~~

2 . ^yu3lpy;ment ' : ‘ ^ f / Ihe c^istrict has on'e’-Smploykent-'Cell und-er the Deputy Goiiimissioner jDomdila,As on March,1997 3l6' men and 196 Women job seekers were registered their names in the employ ment C e ll, 3 . RogiS'trjatipn' of. Birth and pe^atjji events >

~~Th . District has 5 ilos. of Hegistration Unit in rural areas and one number in Urban area.Dufiiig the year~~

~~1996,612 live births,119 deaths , 8 s t ill birth--’dhc 9 numbers if infantdeath events were reported to all registration unit^ of the district,~~

~~4 ’. c^l tr oJLpgx~~

~~The department of Legal Metrology headed by an Inspector is functioning in the district,~~

l^hc I^gdl Metrology Department mairily respon sible f or enf j:>r c ene nt of f o 11 owing Ac t s, and Ru le s (1) The s tandar^i of weights and llea^ures (i5nforcement A ^ t s 1905• (2) the Consumers proteoticti Act,19C6 (3) the package commoditie-s Rules,1977 and (4) weights and Measures (B nf or c-ment ) Rules 19o9.

~~Duping the year 19 96- 97 total- number of weighting/ measuring instruiaents verified/st~~

~~Fees collected during the year "ere ,i'.j .5223/-only •~~

~~kfflBABY 6 BBCUMWlATIOtl C lU tti Satiooal iQttitute of Kducatioiftl and A.dn)ini*tt»ti«ft. 17-B, Sri .'Vurobindo M«l. New Oelhi-110016 DOC, No-.—...... ------—~~