Village Development Action Plan – Linkey Tareythang GPU Mission: Poverty Free Sikkim Village Development Action Plan A plan for realizing the Mission of a Poverty Free Sikkim Linkey Tareythang GPU, Rhenock Block, East District R U R A L M A N A G EMENT & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM Contents of VDAP Chapter 1. General and basic information Tool 1 Transect walk Tool 2 Brief village history Tool 3 Seasonal calendar Tool 4 Secondary information from village 2 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Linkey Tareythang GPU profile, census, database etc Pages 4-9 Chapter 2. Land use planning and land allocation Tool 5 Resource map Pages 10-12 Chapter 3. Farm production systems Tool 6 Khet (maize-paddy) Tool 7 Sukha bari (maize, ginger, pulses etc) Tool 8 Suntola bagan (orange, etc) Tool 9 Alainchi bari (cardamom, trees) Tool 10 Bans ghari and jungle (bamboo, trees) Tool 11 Kothe bari (Kitchen garden) Tool 12 Modern farming techniques (Floriculture, Greenhouse, etc…) Pages 13-26 Chapter 4. Livestock Tool 13 Assessment of Livestock Pages 27-28 Chapter 5. Forestry Tool 14 Assessment of forestry Tool 15 Assessment of Forest based products … Pages 29-32 Chapter 6. Economy, marketing and input supply Tool 16 Assessment of market, trading and input supply system Tool 17 Assessment of access to credit Pages 33-36 Chapter 7. Participatory wealth assessment Tool 18 Wealth ranking Pages 37-44 Chapter 8. Organizational development Tool 19 VENN diagram Tool 20 Assessment of SHGs Pages 45-48 Chapter 9. Housing and basic amenities Tool 21 Assessment of housing Tool 22 Assessment of drinking water sources and water supply Tool 23 Assessment of sanitation and waste management Pages 49-56 Chapter 10. Education and health Tool 24 Assessment of education Tool 25 Assessment of health care Pages 57-60 Chapter 11. Infrastructure Tool 26 Assessment of connectivity and transportation 3 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Linkey Tareythang GPU Tool 27 Assessment of irrigation and flood control system Pages 61-67 Chapter 12. Other issues Tool 28 Assessment of women issues Tool 29 Assessment of climate change Pages 68-72 Appendix 1. Ward wise maps with details of housing, wealth category, identification status (house nos need to match with house listing) 2. House Listing sheet for the whole GPU References Design of these VDAP operational guidelines has been adapted by the MGNREGA Cell of RM&DD from the learnings of the Indo-Swiss Project Sikkim and the Swiss expertise and experience (Helvetas-Vietnam) in other countries in South Asia. Most of the artwork is drawn by Asha Kaji Thaku, ICIMOD. 4 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Linkey Tareythang GPU Chapter 1: General and basic information Tool 1: TRANSECT WALK Number of participants: 11 male: 5 female: 6 Description: The transect walk is a tool to discuss information related to land use of the village. Transects are done with structured walks through typical village landscape. Such walks can cover part of the village or the entire village, taking an hour or up to some hours. Transects consist of two elements: the walk and a diagram that records the information of the walks. Objectives: Identify typical land use types and their characteristics. With whom: Mixed group of farmers (female and male) Step 1: Assess current situation Parameter Lower belt Middle belt Upper belt Soil Sandy Soil Black Soil Red Soil Elevation (feet) 1959ft 2283ft 4184ft Average land holding (acre) 2-2.5 acres 2.5-3 acres 2.5-3 acres Livestock & Livestock & Livestock & Farming system agriculture agriculture agriculture Main crops Paddy, Maize Paddy, Maize, Orange Cardamom Cow 2, Chicken 2, pigCow 2, Chicken 2, pigCow 2, Chicken 2, Average livestock holding 1, goat 2 1, goat 2 goat 2 Fallow land (land left 5 ha (approx) 13 ha (approx) Nil uncultivated) Others … NA NA NA Best practices, Potentials Paddy plantation Orange plantation - Scarcity of water, labour shortage due to MGNREGA works Main problems / constraints and encroachment of wild animals. 5 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Linkey Tareythang GPU Step 2: Figure out best practices, success stories, important problems and their causes Best practices, Success Landuse Type Main problems Causes stories No proper irrigation NA NA Water scarcity facility Production has No quality seeds. decreased Step 3: Find out solutions for the problems Solutions Proper irrigation facilities Forest department to take necessary steps regarding the encroachment of wild animals. Seeds and saplings to be distributed in time. Step 4: Identify relevant activities to tackle the problems or to expand the success stories (Attention: it is important to rank the priority of the activities) Contribution Priority Activity Unit Quantity Location Village External 1 to 5 One time Fund and Source development through Land and Ha. each for All ward Proper 1 Dhara vikas Labor each ward guidance Fund and Establishment of Horticulture Nos. 1 GPU Land Proper 3 centre. guidance Fund and proper MGNREGA works to be done Labor& guidance during the month of February NA NA GPU 2 Land from to April concerned Dept 6 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Linkey Tareythang GPU Tool 2: BRIEF VILLAGE HISTORY Number of participants: 11 male: 5 female: 6 Description: This tool helps the villagers to remind all important events which happened in the village in the past. It also helps villagers of the community to be aware of their effort passing each period of their recent history. Draw a line on A0 paper. One end of the line will be ‘now’. Explain to the households that this is the History Line Ask the households to recall key events (positive and negative) throughout history (from the earliest to now) and the year they occurred. Objectives: Find out general information and important events in the recent village history. Identify important events that brought about some economic, social, cultural etc change in the village. Change in agricultural trend due to these events. Time Major events Linkey in Bhutia means a peaceful place. Tareythang means land at Meaning of the village the foothills of the hill. The hill was known as “Taray” hence the name name Tareythang. About 300 yrs ago a man named “Nandalall Adhikari” with the Village origin consent of The Chogyal started cultivation at Tareythang. Later he became a Thekadar. 1930 – 1954 NA 1968-Landslide occurred at Tareythang and there were number of 1954 – 1974 casualties, 3 people died at Tareythang and 3 children died at Bering. Livestock were also affected at large. Diarrhoea and Dysentery had occurred affecting the whole village of Linkey. Almost 8 people died. The then Chief Minister Mr. Nar 1974 – 1994 Bahadur Bhandari visited the spot and approved the construction of a PHC in the village but the construction has not started till date. 2004-major landslide and hailstorm occurred. 1994 – 2010 Road connectivity was hampered and at least 2 wards were affected. 1999-Cardamom affected by unknown viral disease. i. Horticulture on mass scale. Future trends and general ii. Skill development in different fields. ideas for long term iii. Poverty free GPU developmental plan iv. Fully literate GPU v. Model GPU 7 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Linkey Tareythang GPU Tool 3: SEASONAL CALENDAR Number of participants: 11 male: 5 female: 6 Description: A seasonal calendar is a participatory tool to explore seasonal changes (e.g. gender- specific workload, diseases, income, expenditure etc.). Objectives: Learn about changes in livelihoods over the year and to show the seasonality of agricultural and non agricultural workload, food availability, human diseases, gender- specific income and expenditure, water, forage, credit. Methods: The VDAP team discuss and fill in the form with the values (quantity, intensity, ¼) for each topic (see sample) With whom: Mixed group for women and men Step 1: Assess current situation Intensity: * = Low; *** = Medium; ***** =High Month Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Livelihood Baisa Jest Asa Shraw Bha As Kar Mangs Pou Ma Falg Chai parameter kh ha dh an dra hoj tik hir sh gh un tra Intensity of ** ** ** ** agriculture * * *** * * * * *** *** *** *** *** activities Agriculture ** ** ** ** work load for * * * * * * * * *** *** *** *** women Agriculture ** ** ** ** work load for * * * * * * * * *** *** *** *** men Non-agricultur ** ** ** ** e work load for *** *** * * * * * * *** *** *** *** women Non-agricultur ** ** ** ** e work load for *** *** * * * * * * *** *** *** *** men ** ** Food scarcity * * * * * * * * * * *** *** Income for *** * * * * *** * *** *** * * * women Income for men*** * * * * *** * *** *** * * * Expenditure for ** ** ** ** ** *** * * * * * * women *** *** *** *** *** Expenditure *** * * * * * ** ** * ** ** ** 8 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Linkey Tareythang GPU for men *** *** *** *** *** Livestock ** ** ** ** forage *** *** *** *** *** *** *** * * * * * availability Credit *** *** ** * * * ** ** * * *** *** availability *** *** *** Prevalence of ** ** * * * * * * * * * ** ailments *** *** *** Others …. Step 2: Find out three most important problems and their causes