SUCCESS STORY OF RENOVATION OF MALAYANUR SUPPLY CHANNEL IN MANGALORE BLOCK
Scheme : Special Components of SGRY -Food for work Programme
Year : 2003 - 04
Estimate : Rs.58,000/-
Due to failure of monsoon for the last two years consecutively in Cuddalore District of Tamil Nadu water supply sources have been severely affected. In most of areas of Cuddalore District water level has
gone down by more than 50 feet. Ordinary small farmers cannot afford to put up deep borewells up to
the water level depth of 300 - 400 feet existing now.
The recharging of water level is hence essential and therefore the Hon'ble Chief Minister have given top priority for the implementation of the Rain Water Harvesting Scheme. The main object of the Rain Water Harvesting is to allow the rain water to percolate into soil and to the under ground water bearing formations and these formations will help to improve water sources with sustainability. By creation of soil and water conservation structures like percolation ponds, check dams, deepening of village tanks, Ooranies, Supply channels rain water is harvested and this enables to increase the water level.
In the continued drought situation the labourers are not getting adequate agricultural labour. To provide employment the Govt. has implemented the "Food for Work Programme". The over all objective of the programme is to provide wage employment within the area they are residing. The effort is to prevent the migration of labourers from the affected villages due to the adverse conditions.
Renovation of Malayanur Supply Channel in Mangalore Block was taken up under the Food for Work Scheme. The Channel was in silted up position for years together and therefore it did not carry rainwater
to its ponds resulting in non receipt of rain water by the ponds.
The Channel was desilted using locally available manual labour. Adequate depth and width were maintained while execution in order to carry sufficient rain water to the pond. The work was executed using locally available agricultural labourers. A total of 978 mandays were generated and 6846 Kg of rice to the value of Rs.38680/- was issued along with a cash component of Rs.14132/-
The desilting of supply channel has shown good results. During the recent rains it has carried the run
off water to the ponds and the ponds are now having water. Due to this, the water level in adjacent wells has risen up by 3 ft to 5 ft. By receiving water, the cultivation has been started. The above work, while providing employment to the agricultural labourers, has simultaneously come up as a good Water Harvesting Structure for augmentation of storage of water. This is a boon for many of the parched areas of Mangalore block.
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DISTRICT : CUDDALORE BLOCK : MANGALORE SCHEME : SGRY-SPECIAL COMPONENT(Food For Work) NAME OF THE WORK : Renovation of Malayanur Varathu Voikal ESTIMATE AMOUNT : Rs.58,000/- |
SUCCESS STORY OF RENOVATION OF VILLAGE POND AT
KO. PAVALAGUDI, VRIDHACHALAM BLOCK.
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SCHEME : Special Components of SGRY Food for Work Programme |
In Tamil Nadu ponds and tanks are the main structures to store the run off water. With the Government priority of Rain Water Harvesting, desilting of tanks, village ponds & village tanks has been taken up under SGRY I, II and Special Components of the SGRY (Food for work Programme)
Accordingly the work of renovation of village pond at Ko. Pavalangudi in Vridhachalam Block was taken with an estimate amount of Rs. 75000/-. The tank had been silted up across the last number of years and due to this, there was no storage of water during the summer. The villagers found it very difficult to even get water for their cattle. The wells in the vicinity yielded little or no water during acute summers.
This pond was desalted by employing 110 laborers available locally and in the process, generating 1152 man days. 8064 Kg of rice to the value of Rs. 45562 along with cash component of Rs. 16646 was paid
The work has provided labor to the agricultural laborers. After execution of the work, the tank, which was once empty and dry, is now full of water collected by recent rains and has become a good source for augmenting the ground water. Also the domestic and cattle needs are met through it. The ground level of water in the adjacent open wells is also augmented and simultaneously the water level in the near by hand pumps is raised.
The work executed has gained popularity and has setup an example for successful Rain Water Harvesting. The public now themselves come forward for Rain Water Harvesting structures through partial - public contribution.
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DISTRICT : CUDDALORE BLOCK : VRIDHACHALAM SCHEME : SGRY-SPECIAL COMPONENT NAME OF THE WORK : Renovation of Village Pond at Ko. Pavalangudi ESTIMATE AMOUNT : Rs.75,000/- |
SUCCESS STORY OF ROAD WORK GRAVELLING THE SIRUNESALUR ARUTHATHIAR
COLONY TO THONDANKURICHI ROAD Km.0/0-1/4
IN NALLUR BLOCK
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SCHEME : Special Components of SGRY - Food for work Program YEAR : 2003 - 2004 ESTIMATE AMOUNT : Rs.2,00,000/- |
The road connecting Sirunesalur, Arunthathiar colony to Thondankurichi was a cart track with uneven earthen surface. People of Thondankurichi and Sirunesalur suffered a lot while passing through the cart track. Majority of the villagers are small and marginal farmers, depending on seasonal rains. They could not easily reach their lands easily for doing agriculture operations and also for transporting their agricultural products to near by markets after harvesting. To mitigate the sufferings of the poor agriculturist and agricultural labourers who were thrown out of employment due to failure of monsoon, improvement of the road work under SGRY Special Component (Food for work programme) was taken up and executed at a total cost of Rs. 2.00 Lakhs. A total of 3413mandays were generated and employment opportunities were created during the severe drought period. Local labour of this poverty prone block was employed and 23894 Kg of rice to the value of Rs. 1.35 lakhs and Cash Component of Rs.0.49 lakhs was paid.
The newly formed gravel road not only provided employment opportunity to the agricultural laborers but also solved the long felt demand of a road of the public. The newly formed road now serves as a main link to NH 45 National High ways to the nearby villages. About 5000 people have been benefited.
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DISTRICT : CUDDALORE BLOCK : NALLUR SCHEME : SGRY-SPECIAL COMPONENT NAME OF THE WORK : Improvements to Sirunesalur Arundhathiar Colony to Thondankurichi Road Km. 0/0-1/4 ESTIMATE AMOUNT : Rs.2,00,000/- |
SUCCESS STORY OF FORMATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THONDANKURICHI
NEIVASAL ROAD KM. 0/0-1/0 Mangalore Block
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SCHEME : Special Components of SGRY - Food for work Programme YEAR : 2003 - 2004 ESTIMATE AMOUNT : Rs.1,66,000/- |
Roads are the basic needs of the Villages.
The road work Improvement of Thondankurichi Neivasal Road KM. 0/0-1/0 Mangalore Block was taken under Special Components of SGRY Food for Work Programme with an estimate cost of Rs.1.66 lakhs. 140 labourers were benefited. 2751 mandays were generated. 19257 Kg of rice to the value Rs. 1.09 lakhs and cash Component of Rs. 0.40 lakhs has been paid.
Before formation there was no proper road facility between the two villages Thondankurichi & Neivasal and the village people were suffering in transporting the agricultural products to market and also for their day today needs.
Now one Km. of road is formed and this connects the two villages with proper road, helping them for their needs. The main advantage, however, has been the provision of employment to the poor (Predominantly Scheduled caste) labourers during the acute drought reason.
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DISTRICT : CUDDALORE BLOCK : MANGALORE SCHEME : SGRY-SPECIAL COMPONENT NAME OF THE WORK : Forming and Improvement to Thondankurichi - Neyvasal Road Km. 0/0-1/0 ESTIMATE AMOUNT : Rs.1,66,000/- |
