Uttarakhand - Department of Land Resources

This will also include identification of arable and non-arable land within the village so
as to ascertain specific treatment measures required. Another crucial exercise
required is identifying vulnerable section of the society and reorganizing their
peculiar needs. During these exercises, community members, Panchayati Raj
Representatives and other local players would be encouraged to voice their own
perceptions of the problems at stake. Project staff and concerned NGO will facilitate
this process through their expertise and dissemination of relevant information.
This will ultimately lead to a series of negotiations between local actors and technical
staff regarding:
The issues to be addressed ;
Institutional promotion for facilitating smooth functioning
The respective responsibilities of each partner; and
The technical design of activities selected.
This will be achieved by WDT and with the support of social mobilizers. Technical
input by the PIA staff will also be provided at this stage, to chalk out details of
implementation procedures, time and work schedule and cost sharing will be
negotiated and finalized with concerned group for a participatory take off.
Following steps will be involved in village level watershed planning.
(Table 7-e). Steps for participatory community planning of Watershed Projects
Step Activity Purpose
I Base line data collection,
participatory Rural Appraisal and
Environment & Social Assessment
Ascertaining the potential of natural/human
resources and extent of people's reliance on
them within village.
Ascertaining the geographical distribution of
land, its title, ownership, and usufruct rights,
to delineate community's dependence on the
resources and to understand the recent
history of the community to understand
emerging trends.
Determining the current condition of the
watershed.
To assess the livelihood practices pursued by
different groups.
Establishing environmental baseline by
blending and super imposition of villager's
drawn resources map, the cadastral or
revenue department map, Satellite imageries
prepared by Remote Sensing agencies/GIS.
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