Sector Wise Summary Sheet District (Rs. In Lakhs) % Funds Needed S. No. Sector Ratio 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Drinking Water 269.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 1269.00

2 Sanitation 480.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 1480.00

3 Environmental Conservation & Pollution Control 335.00 272.00 265.00 200.00 200.00 1272.00

4 Health 953.00 2500.00 2500.00 3000.00 3000.00 11953.00

5 Education 2203.00 2500.00 2500.00 2800.00 2800.00 12803.00 60% 6 Agriculture & Allied Activities 1998.00 1867.00 1730.00 800.00 800.00 7195.00

7 Welfare of Women and Child Development 175.00 600.00 600.00 600.00 600.00 2575.00

8 Welfare of Aged and disabled people 94.00 94.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 488.00

9 Skill Development and Employment 100.00 700.00 800.00 800.00 800.00 3200.00

10 Ujjawala Yojna 129.00 300.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 1029.00

Total 6736.00 9333.00 9195.00 9000.00 9000.00 43264.00

11 Physical Infrastructure 2113.00 5550.00 5550.00 5300.00 5300.00 23813.00

12 Irrigation 268.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 668.00 40% 13 Energy and watershed Development 963.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 2963.00

14 Administrative Cost 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 500.00

Total 3444.00 6250.00 6250.00 6000.00 6000.00 27944.00

Grand Total 10180.00 15583.00 15445.00 15000.00 15000.00 71208.00

DMF Sectorwise Chart with % Administrativ e Cost 0% Energy and watershed Drinking Water Development 1% 3% Environmental Irrigation Sanitation Conservation & 1% Pollution Control 1%Health 1% 11%

Education 11%

Physical Infrastructure 21%

Agriculture & Allied Activities 6% Welfare of Aged and disabled people 0% Skill Development and Welfare of WomenEmployment and Child Development 3% 2% Total Ujjawala Yojna 38% 1% District Dantewada of is known in the country and abroad for reasons of its being at the fore-front of the armed struggle between state security forces and groups of armed Left Wing Extremists—commonly referred to as ‘’ . This violence has claimed many lives—that of civilians, security forces, and political leaders, has seen kidnappings of civil officers and posed very serious challenges as to how normal state and development activities are to be carried out.

The situation was made further complex in the years of 2005-2009, when conflict between security forces and civilians on one side and extremists on the other, polarized the ground realities and rendered 82 out of the 246 village panchayats out of the reach of administration. All the developmental arms of administration were cut-off in these villages; which resulted in the creation of these developmental black holes on the map of Dantewada.

Unsurprisingly, most of the development indicators of the district have been poor. The district recorded meagre 42% literacy rate in the 2011 census, and malnourishment rate is above the literacy rate. The region has been isolated and cut-off from mainstream historically and the local tribals have been living a life of abject poverty. Over 60 per cent of the district is under forest cover and is predominantly a tribal inhabited region (nearly 78 per cent of the total population). It had seen minimal development in the past 60 years after independence and it is only in the recent years that some change is being brought about.

Dantewada has taken some innovative initiatives, primarily in the fields of livelihoods and education in the past few years which have been acclaimed widely and have received recognition at the highest level. Apart from regular schemes, special schemes like Integrated Action Plan (IAP) and Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) were extremely crucial for the success of these projects. They acted as gap-filler for the existing schemes as well as gave the district liberty to implement projects as per the need of people and as was deemed fit for the wider benefit of people by the administration. Upon winding-up of these schemes, implementation of many efforts is gradually suffering. Hence a 3-year plan has been drawn for the development of the district under the District Mineral Foundation Trust. This comprehensive plan has been designed based on the felt needs and inputs from all the departments and most interventions are proposed to fill major gaps in the development of the district. Some special initiatives have also been proposed which are beyond the purview of regular schemes, but extremely crucial for the long-term development of the district. Upon approval, the plan will boost development and can reach the areas which have not tasted the fruits of development even after more than 65 years of independence of our country. 1 Total Geographical area - 3410.50 Sq. Kms. 2 Irrigated area - 5000.00 Hq 3 Forest area - 128888.80 Hq. 4 Population - 280445 Male – 137326 Female – 143117 5 Sex Ratio (Male to Female) - 1000:1016 6 Population Growth Rate - 15.56% 7 Population Density - 45 8 Literacy Rate - 33.21% (Male 48.64, Female 20.98) 9 Revenue Sub Division - Dantewada 10 Forest Division - Dantewada 11 Development Blocks/Tehsils - 4/5 12 Gram Panchayat - 124 13 Nagar Palika - 03 (Dantewada, , Bacheli) 14 Nagar Panchayat - 02 (, Barsoor) 15 Total Villages - 229 16 Patwari Circles - 56 17 RI Circles - 9 18 Parliament Area - 01 (10-Bastar) 19 Assembly Segments - 01 (88-Dantewada) 20 Educational Institutions - Ashram - 69 Hostel - 46 Primary School - 751 Middle School - 237 High School - 19 Higher Secondary - 24 Pota Cabins - 11 KGBV - 4 College - 4 Livelihood Collage - 1 21 Health Centers - Primary Health Centers - 12 Sub-Centers - 75 Vacancies of Doctors - 41 22 Type of Roads - National Highway - NH16 - 30.00 kms State Highway - 180.60 kms Major District Roads - 87.46 kms Other District Roads - 206.75 kms 23 ICDS Project - 8 24 Aanganwadi - 993 25 PDS Shop's - Total PDS shop's - 136 26 Police Station - 10 27 CRPF Battalions - 03 Battalion's (Karli 151, Barsoor 195-199) (Rs. In Lakhs) S. Sector Type of Work Responsible Duration Estimate Funds Needed No. Department (Years) d Project Year I Year II Year III Year IV Year V Total Cost 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Drinking Natural Stream Based PHE etc 5 307.00 67.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 307.00 Water Water Purification System for drinking water in the villages of high iron content in ground water

Solar Hand Pump Chhattisgarh 5 501.00 101.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 501.00 Installation Renewable Energy Development Authority etc

Solar RO water purifier Chhattisgarh 5 461.00 101.00 90.00 90.00 90.00 90.00 461.00 installation in areas Renewable Energy affected with contaminated Development water Authority etc

2 Sanitation Toppig up of Community District SBM 5 124.00 44.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 124.00 Led Total Sanitation (Rural) Programme-Community Management Volunteers Committee etc Health Education in Education etc 5 234.00 34.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 234.00 residential schools and Supply of Bio-Degradable Sanitary Napkins

Creation, conservation, Irrigation, Zila 5 748.00 268.00 120.00 120.00 120.00 120.00 748.00 maintenance, Cleaning and Panchayat etc deepening of waterbodies at all blocks and Nagar Panchayats Drainage and Sewage Nagar Panchayat 5 374.00 134.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 374.00 Lines etc 3 Environmenta Treatment of polluted 5 1272.00 335.00 272.00 265.00 200.00 200.00 1272.00 l water,conservation of Conservation water bodies etc. & Pollution Control

4 Health Upgradation of District Health etc 5 8070.00 670.00 1700.00 1700.00 2000.00 2000.00 8070.00 Hospital, CHCs and PHCs and Sub Health Centers

Special Mega health camps Health etc 5 1414.00 114.00 300.00 300.00 350.00 350.00 1414.00 at the cluster locations

A special project to Health etc 5 534.00 34.00 100.00 100.00 150.00 150.00 534.00 facilitate transfer and follow up of cronic and other critical patients Setting up facility of Health etc 5 1401.00 101.00 300.00 300.00 350.00 350.00 1401.00 telemedicine to provide high class health care at the 50 cluster locations Inclusion of Local Healers- AAYUSH etc 5 534.00 34.00 100.00 100.00 150.00 150.00 534.00 Training, Capacity Building 5 Education 500 seater hostels at Education etc 5 2972.00 672.00 550.00 550.00 600.00 600.00 2972.00 clusters for Girls and Boys for arresting drop outs at 5 strategic locations (Rs. In Lakhs) 5 Education S. Sector Type of Work Responsible Duration Estimate Funds Needed No. Department (Years) d Project Year I Year II Year III Year IV Year V Total Cost 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Drinking 100 seater hostels for Education etc 5 1368.00 268.00 250.00 250.00 300.00 300.00 1368.00 Water higher secondary schools for arresting drop outs at higher level at 10 strategic locations Shiksha Samarthan: An Education etc 5 567.00 67.00 100.00 100.00 150.00 150.00 567.00 initiative to tackle the issue of lack of teachers by appointing guest lecturers

Maintenance (wiring, Education etc 5 801.00 101.00 150.00 150.00 200.00 200.00 801.00 repairing of room, furniture work etc.in Hostels and Schools) Upgradation of Schools Tribal Dev. 5 1368.00 268.00 250.00 250.00 300.00 300.00 1368.00 and Hostels infrastructure Dpmt./RGSM/ by constructing dining Education etc halls, dormitories, toilets, boundary walls, teachers quarters, etc.

Edusat Education etc 5 361.00 61.00 50.00 50.00 100.00 100.00 361.00 Science and other Subject Education etc 5 434.00 34.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 434.00 Labs in High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools

Computer Labs in High Education etc 5 427.00 27.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 427.00 Schools and Higher Secondary Schools Chhoo Lo Aasman: Tribal Dev. Dept. 5 1268.00 268.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 1268.00 Science,engineering and etc medical Coaching class Development and Education etc 5 434.00 34.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 434.00 Promotion of Multi- Lingual Primary Education with focus on tribal dialects Strengthening of School Education etc 5 467.00 67.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 467.00 Management Committees with the help of expert organizations

Setting up of model Education etc 5 467.00 67.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 467.00 primary and middle schools with the help of expert organizations To promote science and Education etc 5 434.00 34.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 434.00 Computer education in the district through science center and mobile science and computer lab with the help of expert organizations

Upgradation of Project Education/RGSM 5 434.00 34.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 434.00 Saksham : Barrier-free etc schools for inclusive education of children with special needs (children with disabilities) by creating more residential and educational facilities 5 Education

(Rs. In Lakhs) S. Sector Type of Work Responsible Duration Estimate Funds Needed No. Department (Years) d Project Year I Year II Year III Year IV Year V Total Cost 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Drinking Upgradation, Education/RGSM 5 534.00 134.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 534.00 Water modernization and etc upkeeping of education facilities in Education city campus Implementation of Project Education/RGSM 5 467.00 67.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 467.00 Pragnya: Pre-Recorded etc Lectures from high-quality teachers 6 Agriculture & Promotion and develoment Agriculture, KVK, 5 1305.00 335.00 335.00 335.00 150.00 150.00 1305.00 Allied of Natural and Forest Zila Panchayat Activities Resource based livelihood- (NRLM, Organic Farming, water MGNREGA), and soil conservation Forest etc

Promotion of Organic Agricultre/ 5 664.00 168.00 168.00 168.00 80.00 80.00 664.00 Farming So as to convert Horticulture/ KVK Dantewada into a 100% etc Organic Farming Facilitating and Agriculture etc 5 261.00 67.00 67.00 67.00 30.00 30.00 261.00 strengthening of the Farmer's Producer Organizations with the help of Expert Organizations Ware Houses at strategic Agriculture etc 5 1740.00 469.00 469.00 402.00 200.00 200.00 1740.00 locations, small Godowns at cluster level and other components of value chain

Strengthening of Horticulture etc 5 131.00 54.00 30.00 27.00 10.00 10.00 131.00 Horticulture based Livelihoods and Infrastructure Strengthening of Fisheries Fisheries etc 5 522.00 134.00 134.00 134.00 60.00 60.00 522.00 based Livelihoods and Infrastructure

Establishment of Bulk Veterinary Dept. 5 101.00 101.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 101.00 Milk Chilling Unit in all etc Development Blocks Jan Suvidha Express: Zila Panchayat etc 5 395.00 134.00 134.00 67.00 30.00 30.00 395.00 Encouraging local youth and Women SHGs to ply vehicles on routes uncovered Animal Quarantine Veterinary Dept. 5 510.00 134.00 128.00 128.00 60.00 60.00 510.00 Shed/2nd part Dairy etc ubsidy/Kshirsagar Plant Strengthening, Feed Factory, Infrastructure, Renovation, etc. Mobilization and Zila Panchayat etc 5 261.00 67.00 67.00 67.00 30.00 30.00 261.00 strengtehning of Women Self Help Groups with the help of expert organizations Promotion and Hastashilpa Vikas 5 522.00 134.00 134.00 134.00 60.00 60.00 522.00 development of Non-Farm Board, KVIC, DIC Livelihoods-Handicrafts etc

Electricity Extension for Agriculture etc 5 522.00 134.00 134.00 134.00 60.00 60.00 522.00 Farmers (Rs. In Lakhs) S. Sector Type of Work Responsible Duration Estimate Funds Needed No. Department (Years) d Project Year I Year II Year III Year IV Year V Total Cost 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Drinking Traditional Livelyhood - 5 261.00 67.00 67.00 67.00 30.00 30.00 261.00 Water strengthening 7 Women and Project Shakti: Women and Child 5 867.00 67.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 867.00 Child Establishment of Women Development Development Empowerment Centers for Department etc women enterpreneurs with SEZ-like facilities in all Development Block based on the model established at District Headquarters

Implementing Fulwari Women and Child 5 841.00 41.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 841.00 Initiative: Community Development centered creche in areas Department/KVK beyond the reach of etc Anganwadis and providing millets-based malt

Special drive for selected Women and Child 5 867.00 67.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 867.00 50 Anganbadi Centers Development where children affected by Department etc high malnutrition

8 Welfare of District Disability Social Welfare etc 5 488.00 94.00 94.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 488.00 Aged and Rehabilitation Center disabled (Building, HR, Admin, people etc.) & Disability Information Centers at Village Level 9 Skill Capacity Building, Skill Zila Panchayat etc 5 3200.00 100.00 700.00 800.00 800.00 800.00 3200.00 Development Development, Exposure Visits of Ground Level Staff 10 Ujjwala Gas Connection Food Dept. 5 1029.00 129.00 300.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 1029.00 11 Physical Extension of Zila Panchayat etc 5 1010.00 310.00 300.00 300.00 50.00 50.00 1010.00 Infranstructur Telecommunication & e Internet Connectivity through Optical Fibre Network in Cluster Villages Road Construction & Superintendent of 5 5667.00 67.00 1400.00 1400.00 1400.00 1400.00 5667.00 maintenance equipments in Police Dantewada high-security areas and etc light lending facilities

Residential Facilities for PWD etc 5 7401.00 201.00 1800.00 1800.00 1800.00 1800.00 7401.00 field-level staff at important clusters Addressing the local needs Collector 5 1135.00 335.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 1135.00 through a flexible pool Dantewada etc

Important roads and PWD/PMGSY etc 5 8600.00 1200.00 1850.00 1850.00 1850.00 1850.00 8600.00 bridges/culverts not covered under any scheme

12 Irrigation Rejuvination of existing Water Resource etc 5 401.00 201.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 401.00 check-dams, construction of new anicuts and concrete lining of irrigation canals at strategic locations 12 Irrigation (Rs. In Lakhs) S. Sector Type of Work Responsible Duration Estimate Funds Needed No. Department (Years) d Project Year I Year II Year III Year IV Year V Total Cost 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Drinking Promotion of Drip Horticulture 5 267.00 67.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 267.00 Water Irrigation among the Department etc farmers to conserve water and promote the cultivation ob vegetables

13 Energy & Establishement of 4 Chhattisgarh State 5 499.00 99.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 499.00 Watershed substations (33/11 KV) Electricity Board Development and transformers and etc comprehensive electrification of villages Solar Street Lighting Chhattisgarh 5 499.00 99.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 499.00 Renewable Energy Development Authority etc

Solar High Mast Light Chhattisgarh 5 425.00 25.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 425.00 Installation in all Renewable Energy Development Blocks of the Development district Authority etc

Solar Electrification and Chhattisgarh 5 299.00 99.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 299.00 installation of Solar Pumps Renewable Energy in Schools and Hostels Development Authority etc

Rural Solar Electrification Chhattisgarh 5 692.00 492.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 692.00 in unelectrified and non Renewable Energy feasible, interior villages Development Authority etc

Solar Home Light Chhattisgarh 5 299.00 99.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 299.00 Installation Renewable Energy Development Authority etc

Bio-Gas Plant Installation Chhattisgarh 5 250.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 250.00 across the district Renewable Energy Development Authority etc

14 Administrative Cost 5 500.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 500.00 Grand Total 71208.00 10180.00 15583.00 15445.00 15000.00 15000.00 71208.00 Sr. No. Intervention Proposed Problem/Justification for Intervention Governance 1 Residential Facilities for Most of the interior areas do not have residential facilities for the field level staff. Even field-level staff at important private pakka houses are hardly available. This is one of the main reasons behind the clusters unwillingness of the field level staff to stay and work in the interior areas of the district. This not only hampers the delivery of many important government schemes but also in general causes low foot print and presence of the government in such areas as the field staff spends very little time in the field. Residential facilities are therefore proposed in the important cluster villages of the district which will improve the presence of government field staff of various departments in the field and will in turn improve the delivery of various programs

2 Extension of One of the major hindrances for effective functioning of government is poor communication Telecommunication & networks in the district. Lack of telephone and internet facilities reduce the effective pace of Internet Connectivity information sharing to and fro. through Optical Fibre Network in Cluster Villages

3 All-Facility Lok Sewa For utility, security, operational emergencies and other purposes and ease of governance in Kendras and various offices sensitive areas. Unless the governance is not improved in these areas, it will be difficult to bring people on the side of government. - Lok Sewa Kendra provides single window services to the villagers for their entitlements. Creating such structures and systems in selected villages will help push governance.

- Road construction and maintenance equipments and machines are required for constructing roads in high sensitive areas. These can be kept at security camps in the night for ensuring security. 4 Road Construction & - A helipad with night landing facility is essential in the district considering the sensitiveness. maintenance equipments in It would immensely help for operations and emergencies in the night. high-security areas 5 ATMs & Public Utility - ATMs and Public Utility Centres for financial transactions is a necessity, especially in Centers in Security Camps security camps for forces as well as the common public. If these services are located in the and other srategic places in camps, it will spread goodwill among people. the district 6 Addressing the local needs - A flexi pool under Collectors is proposed so that any gap that arises in these projects or through a flexible pool demands that come up from people can be met with.

Connectivity 1 Important roads and Connectivity is an important prerequisite for any process development to start. Many areas bridges/culverts not are yet not connected with the roads and many habitations remain disconnected due to the covered under any scheme absence of bridges and culverts. The roads are proposed looking at the two criteria -

1) The strategic importance in terms of security: These roads provide access to interior areas which will help the government to assert its presence apart from helping various essential services from reaching. 2) The access to connectivity which will boost up the economic activity, delivery of developmental programs and in general exchange of people in the areas which are not generally well connected to the mainstream Livelihoods 1 Promotion and develoment In spite of Dantewada being rich in terms of natural resources, the status of traditional of Natural Resource based livelihood sources of livelihood such as Agriculture and Forest produce is dismal. Agriculture livelihood-Organic Farming, practiced mainly for subsistence is low in productivity, where as the trade in forest produce is water and soil conservation, highly exploitative. Therefore, the interventions aimed at providing better and diversified Forest based Livelihoods options of livelihood to the people by efficiently and sustainably utilizing the available natural resources are utterly required in . Sr. No. Intervention Proposed Problem/Justification for Intervention Governance 2 Strengthening of 1) Looking at the low usage of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in the district the Horticulture based administration is promoting organic farming. There is also a great scope for horticulture Livelihoods and considering the large demand of vegetables in the local market. Infrastructure 3 Strengthening of Fisheries 2) Considering this it is planned to promote an Organic FPO producing various crops such as based Livelihoods and organic vegetables, cereals, pulses and millets. End-to-end support in terms of capacity Infrastructure building and technology transfer to storage, processing and marketing is planned under these efforts. 4 Establishment of Bulk Milk 3) There is a lot of scope in promoting the cultivation and processing of lac, kosa, honey and Chilling Unit in all forest produce. Backward and forward linkages for the same needs to be established. Development Blocks 5 Establishment of 4) Considering the large demand of milk in the district the administration has also started a Computerised Village Milk dairy cooperative project "Kshir Sagar" which is successfully running operations and needs a Collection Centers further upgrading in the infrastructure for catering the growing production of milk in the district 6 Animal Quarantine 5) There are many artisans in the district who need hand-holding and marketing support. Also Shed/2nd part Dairy there are number of facilities that needs to be provided so that a micro-enterpreneur can set- ubsidy/Kshirsagar Plant up business.Once facilities like electricity, water, roads are established, it becomes attractive Strengthening, Feed for the entrepreneurs to set-up there business by taking up loans. Factory, Infrastructure, Renovation, etc. 7 Promotion and development of Non-Farm Livelihoods- Handicrafts, Industries, etc.

8 Electricity Extension for Farmers 9 Jan Suvidha Express: As there is no public transport in Chhattisgarh, the private players only ply on routes that are Encouraging local youth commercially profitable, leaving a large geographical area cut-off from the district and Women SHGs to ply headquarters. Hence for ease of transportation and connecting villages to district vehicles on routes headquarters, an initiative called Jan Suvidha Express was launched by the district uncovered administration of Dantewada under which Tata Magic vehicles and some buses were purchased and provided to unemployed local youth and women SHGs to ply on important but uncovered routes. Since the youth and SHGs were selected only from the last end of the route in the high sensitive areas, this has reaped great benefits with vehicles now plying in the areas where administration had minimum reach. It is proposed under the District Mineral Foundation Trust to extend this initiative to other uncovered areas so that the administration and government has maximum reach.

Skill Development 1 Establishment of Livelihood ‘Livelihood College (Gujar-Basar College)’ was first started at Dantewada district of College in all the Chhattisgarh. It was started as a PPP model for such youths who were barely literate or semi- Development Blocks and its literate. This unique initiative has been launched to engage the youth of the district, especially operational Costs the low-educated, unskilled and unemployed, into skill development and placement at a centralized location in the district head-quarter, where the candidates felt comfortable to move out of the remote areas and get exposed to the positive physical and social environment at the college. This prepared the candidates for skilled employment and self-employment opportunities through various training programmes in different trades and in the course of training gradually groomed and moulded their attitudes and personalities through soft-skills classes and interactions with peer group so as to muster confidence to take-up employment outside the district/state too. 1 Establishment of Livelihood College in all the Development Blocks and its operational Costs

Sr. No. Intervention Proposed Problem/Justification for Intervention Governance So far the Livelihood College at Dantewada has trained more than 7000 students in 3 years. It is proposed in the District Mineral Foundation Trust to extend these facilities to every development block in the district so that youth from interior areas can be captured and it would be easier for them to move out of their shells to a place closer to their homes initially. Once in the center, they can be groomed for taking up jobs or self employment.

2 200 Seater Residential Owing to lack of education and fear instilled due to violence, more than 30-50% of the Facility (Hostel) for Project government posts reserved for the tribals go vacant in various departments of the district and Lakshya: Competitive Exam ultimately the development efforts take a jolt. In order to tackle the issue, the district Coaching Center at the administration of Dantewada has taken up a Project Lakshya under which free of cost District Headquarters coaching is provided to selected candidates for preparation of entrance exams of various positions in the government. This initiative has received tremendous response and thousands of youth have appeared for the entrance exam of the same. Upon selection, they received coaching from experts in the subject pooled in from government departments, banks, professionals recruited from outside the district, etc. Special classes are taken by higher government officials like Collector, CEO ZP, SDM, Deputy Collectors, and other department heads. A center has been established for this purpose at the district headquarters which is laced with state-of-art facilities including library, computer center with 24x7 internet facility, edusat, mock tests and interviews. The results of the first year in 2014-15 has been very encouraging with selections as Deputy Collectors, Hostel Superintendets, Education officers and patwaris.

It is proposed in the District Mineral Foundation Trust to provide residential facilities for the students as there are many students who come from interior areas to study at the center and cannot afford to pay for accomodation. 3 Capacity Building, Skill In order to strengthen the weakest but most important link of the administration with people, Development, Exposure capacity building and skill developmnt of ground level staff is extremely essential. Very few Visits of Ground Level departments have funds for the capacity building of their staff and this fund will be used to Staff arrange new trainings and top-up the existing ones to make them better. Exposure visits can play a big role in such events. Irrigation 1 Rejuvination of existing Most of the agriculture in Dantewada is rain fed as the coverage of irrigation is merely 5%. check-dams, construction of Availability of water is important for the progress of agriculture and horticulture in the new anicuts and concrete district and with proper capacity building support, the irrigation can significantly improve the lining of irrigation canals at income of the farmers. strategic locations

Energy 1 Establishement of 4 A large number of habitations (1031) are still not electrified in Dantewada which is a substations (33/11 KV) and prerequisite for any process of development to start. This not only prevents any activity of the transformers and people during the night but it also hampers studies of the students, agriculture due to lack of comprehensive irrigation and economic activity of any sort. These habitations are not being covered under electrification of villages Rajiv Gandhi Rural electrification scheme as of now

2 Solar Hand Pump Solar Hand Pumps installed at the drinking water hand pumps greatly reduce the effort and Installation drudgery of women carrying water. This is demanded very often in many villages

3 Solar Street Lighting Solar Street lights are being proposed at important cluster villages in the interior areas where 4 Solar High Mast Light there is more population, government officials staying, and residential schools are situated. Installation in all Availability of street lighting greatly boosts the confidence and positivity among the people Development Blocks of the and passengers which is crucial in the LWE affected areas district 5 Solar Electrification and Looking at the irregularity and high occurrence of faults, it is also important to have a solar installation of Solar Pumps back up for residential schools and hostels in Schools and Hostels Sr. No. Intervention Proposed Problem/Justification for Intervention Governance 6 Rural Solar Electrification In many of the interior villages the costs of electricity extension are staggering. Not only the in unelectrified villages establishment but the maintenance costs are also very high. The availability and reliability of 7 Solar Home Light the electricity is also low. Due to this in many villages there is high demand of solar energy Installation based solutions. 9 Solar RO water purifier A pure and safe drinking water is not available for the staff as well as public utility at the installation in areas affected block level where the turn out of the public is large with contaminated water

10 Bio-Gas Plant Installation Firewood is one of the major reasons behind the deforestation. With degrading forests it is across the district becoming even more difficult for the women to gather firewood. Promotion of biogas plants will not only save forests but will also create a safe and healthy environment at the kitchen

Education 1 500 seater hostels at These works are proposed to fill infrastructure gaps for education in the district. clusters for Girls and Boys 2 100 seater hostels for The hostels are required to arrest drop outs at the higher education level. More than 10000 higher secondary schools students are taking primary education in residential schools in the district through Potacabins for arresting drop outs at residential school (approved by MoHRD). Most of the students will drop out of education if higher level at 10 strategic these facilities are not extended till the higher educational level, atleast for these first locations generation learners. 3 Upgradation of existing Schools and Hostels infrastructure by constructing dining halls, dormitories, toilets, boundary walls, teachers quarters, etc. 4 Edusat Science has been one of the weakest areas of teaching in the district. Most higher secondary 5 Science and other Subject schools do not have proper science laboratory infrastructure. So to resolve this issue science Labs in High Schools and laboratories are proposed to be built along with other necessary subject labs atleast in high Higher Secondary Schools and higher secondary schools of the district. These science laboratories will have a necessary pre-college scientific equipments in areas of Physics, Chemistry and Biology and other 6 Computer Labs in High Most students even in the higher secondary schools are digitally illiterate, and especially there Schools and Higher is a huge demand from students for teaching in using computers and internet. Secondary Schools 7 Shiksha Samarthan: An There is a great dearth of teachers in the district. Owing to the stringent rules for initiative to tackle the issue appointments through regular system and non-availability of trained human resource in the of lack of teachers by reserved tribal category, district Dantewada launched an initiative to appoint guest lecturers appointing guest lecturers on ad-hoc basis through an initiative called Shiksha Samarthan. It is proposed to include more number of schools and subject under the Bsstar Development Plan. Sr. No. Intervention Proposed Problem/Justification for Intervention Governance 8 Chhoo Lo Aasman: A vicious circle has emerged in this region in the field of science education. In the absence of PET/PMT Coaching to qualitative science education neither doctors / engineers are made from this area, nor good 11th and 12th Std. Students science teachers. Lack of teachers and poor quality of education discouraged the children from opting for science subjects, and this in turn lead to unavailability of qualified professionals for the vacancies within the district, where qualified professionals from outside detested to come owing to conflict that prevails. ‘Chhoo Lo Asman’ project was launched by the district administration to break this vicious cycle by providing qualitative science education to the children at the intermediate level. Realizing that it would not be possible to send adequate science teachers to schools which cater to a handful of enrolled students (Dantewada has one of the lowest population densities with 61 persons / Sq Km), the district administration decided to consolidate its efforts by bringing together all such students to a centralized residential location. This was followed by selecting the best regular science teachers from the district for regular 11th and 12th schooling. While post class room special tutorials were provided by teachers from reputed institute like Vision Kota and Sri Chaitanya Coaching academy. Such efforts prepared students for professional courses like engineering, medical, polytechnic, nursing etc who can contribute back to the society from where they emerge. The results of thsi initiative has been encouraging with number of selections for engineering, polytechnic, nursing, BSc, etc. Currently more than 500 students are taking benefits of this facility in two different campuses.

It is proposed in the District Mineral Foundation Trust to top up the infrastructure and educational and human resource facilities of this project. 9 Development and Most of the students in the district are from tribal background, who speak there traditional Promotion of Multi-Lingual dialects like Gondi and Halbi. Most of them enter schools without even the knowledge of Primary Education with and all our schools are hindi-medium. This hampers their learning at such tender age focus on tribal dialects and slows down the pace of grasping. Dantewada has introduced some educational material in the tribal dialects and found that students find it easier to grasp the concepts.

Also the tribal culture is rich with traditional culture and wisdom which is not documented but exists orally. It would only be prudent to capture this and introduce the relevant portions in the curriculum. Thus a comprehensive project needss to be launched to develop and promote the multi-lingual education. 10 Upgradation of Project All of us have experienced disability at some point in our life and some of us (given our nos. Saksham: Barrier-free are less than the average) experience disability intensely, owing to lack of normative schools for inclusive structures (in addressing a need that is different than the average). Education is one such education of children with structure, which is also in some way foundational to the rest. Saksham (a residential special needs (children with educational unit for children with special needs) is an effort to address this lack in educational disabilities) by creating structure for children with special needs. Through Saksham, we are addressing the more residential and educational structure’s disability by creating a barrier-free space that is accessible and educational facilities inclusive. Two campuses for girls and boys have come up in Geedam block of the district with all the facilities and infrastructural modification necessary for barrier-free access of students. We are currently catering to 100 boys and girls each at the two campuses. But the district has a large number of students who cannot attend schools due to disability of the school structures to accomodate them. Hence it is planned to upgarde the school to atleast 500 seater so that more number of students can be accomodated. More audio-visual educational facilities are also planned to be introduced.

11 Implementation of Project There are severe deficiencies in teaching staff at high school and higher secondary schools in Pragnya Kanker: Pre- English, Science and Mathematics. in Chhattisgarh has taken up a novel Recorded Lectures from initiative to videograph 1400+ videos in these areas for 10th class to 12th class. It is high-quality teachers proposed to create infrastructure in the high schools and higher secondary schools of Dantewada district to use these videos to facilitate teaching in these areas.

Health Sr. No. Intervention Proposed Problem/Justification for Intervention Governance 1 Upgradation of District To fill gaps in Health infrastructure in the district. Hospital, CHCs and PHCs ans Sub Health Centers

2 Inclusion of Local Healers- Dantewada district is predominantly inhabited by tribal communities and even after the Training, Capacity Building advancement of medical sciences, most of them prefer to go to the local faith healers for the treatment. This has been the biggest hindrance in the success of most health initiatives. The National Rural Health Mission (Now National Health Mission) had envisaged mainstreaming of these local faith healers by identifying the real traditional practioners, document their good practices and mainstream them by building their capacties. The Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore is a pioneering institute working on these issues. In order to thus mainstream the real traditional healers and draw people towards the mainstrem medical sciences, it is proposed to launch a project in tie up with this institute.

Drinking Water & Sanitation 1 Natural Stream Based District Dantewada is blessed with many natural resources, most notable of it is . But Water Purification System the flipside is that the ground water has high iron content which leds to many health hazards. for drinkng water in the Modern euipments of water purification caanot be promoted in all the places, and hence it is villages of high iron content proposed to introduce natural stream based water purification system for drinking water. in ground water

2 Toppig up of Community In accordance with the Swatcha Bharat Mission, efforts are going on in the district to make Led Total Sanitation villages open defecation free (ODF). 8 villages and 4 Gram Panchayats have been made ODF Programme-Community so far in the district. A team of local youth volunteers was appointed for the said purpose Volunteers who contributed in awareness generation in the local dialects. It is proposed that this team be continued for next three years so that maximum number of villages can be made ODF.

3 Health Education in Menstrual hygiene is one of the most important health issues in the residential schools and the residential schools and hostels of the girls. Since these girls stay away from the family they do not get sufficient Supply of Bio-Degradable guidance on this issue being a taboo. The initiative not only focuses on making available Sanitary Napkins sanitary napkins, but also a develop a robust health education and awareness among the girls

4 Drainage and Sewage Lines Important drainage lines in the urban clusters where sanitation is the issue due to lack of management of waste water disposal Women and Child Development 1 Project Shakti: Project Shakti is a Special Economic Zone-like space in the district headquarters, for Establishment of Women establishing micro-enterprises and capacity building of Women Self Help Groups (SHGs). Empowerment Centers for Large-scale industries get various benefits and subsidies from the government and banks to women enterpreneurs with establish their businesses, whereas SHGs find it difficult to establish their miniscule SEZ-like facilities in all businesses. Thus, Shakti is an effort and experiment to extend SEZ like benefits to SHGs to Development Block based boost economic activities amongst them. In a conflict-affected area like Dantewada, this on the model established at holds prime importance as gainful livelihoods keep people away from getting engaged in District Headquarters unlawful activities. The idea of Project Shakti is to empower women through engaging them in economic activities by providing state-of-art infrastructure and skill development for establishing various micro-enterprises. Regular trainings on various entrepreneurial activities are provided to women through this center. Exposure visits of newly formed SHGs across the district are conducted regularly at Shakti so as to create awareness and interest in various economic activities that can be conducted by SHGs.

With the success of the initiative in district headquarters, it is being proposed in the District Mineral Foundation Trust to extend these facilities to every development block. Establishing one such center in every block will allow women to establish micro-enterprises and contribute in their own way to the Make In Campaign. Sr. No. Intervention Proposed Problem/Justification for Intervention Governance 2 Implementing Fulwari WIth high prevalent rates of malnutrition and inability of the ICDS structure to address it Initiative: Community comprehensively, a need was felt to create a programme to address the multiple factors centered creche in areas underlying malnutrition by using the strengths of Panchayats and the Mitanin Programme. beyond the reach of District Sarguja in Chhattisgarh launched a project called Fulwari to effectively tackle this Anganwadis and providing issue which received the recognition of Prime Minister's Award. millets-based malt The programme initiated in Surguja had the following components: · Community managed Nutrition and Child Care centres called Fulwaris which are managed by the mothers (of the young children) with cash assistance being provided to

them through the Gram Panchayats; · Improving household level production of foods through promotion of Systematic Root

Intensification (SRI) method of cultivation for rice, kitchen gardens, horticulture, backyard poultry etc.; and · Facilitating Gram Panchayats to take-up Integrated natural resource management under MNREGA In the District Mineral Foundation Trust, it is proposed to replicate this initiative in Dantewada with additional focus on millets based nutrition which is lacking in the existing structure. 3 Upgradation of Anganwadi For filling gaps in the existing anganwadi structures. Centers-Infra Social Welfare 1 District Disability For information and services to differently abled people of all ages in the district, a fully- Rehabilitation Center equipped district disability rehabilitation center is proposed to be established alongwith (Building, HR, Admin, etc.) disability information centers at selected villages. & Disability Information Centers at Village Level