Hand Book for Gaon Burahs and Panchayati Raj Leader

94Environment & Forests, Department of Health, Agriculture, Horticulture,Veterinary, Relief and Rehabilitation, RWD, PWD, PHE, Panchayat Raj,Department of Land Management etc.(5) Providing/Raising/Cultivation of Vegetables/Cash Crops – TheAgriculture, Horticulture Department may provide vegetables, cash cropsseeds etc free of costs to the farmers in the event of such bambooflowerings as a substitute in case the crops are damaged/destroyed bythe rodents.(6) Supply of food items- In the event of bamboo flowering, theDepartment of Civil Supply under concerned DSO should keep sufficientstock of food grains as buffer stock.(7) Monitoring of Sanitation Problems – Epidemic type water bornediseases may arise after the bamboo flowering. As such, the HealthDepartment as well as PHE Department will have to monitor theproblems united under supervision of District Administration and PRI.(8) Collection of seeds – When ripe bamboo seeds fall to the ground. Theseeds can be collected by departments, individuals, NGOs etc. and usefor subsequent plantation.(9) Protection of the affected areas – The affected areas can be protectedcollectively by the department as well as villagers for naturalregeneration through the millions of seeds produced by flowering ofbamboo thereby restoring the natural stock of bamboos.(10) Containing the rodent problems – It is known that the rodent multiply20 times during bamboo flowering time and one of the major problemthat is to be faced would be the control of rodent population during postbamboo flowering.Proper advance planning involving all the state departments, PRIs,NGOs etc. would be required to make effective efforts to contain the menaceof rodent problems.The State Government should keep sufficient stock of rodenticides andtraps to tackle the menace. By involving the PRIs, GBs and public locallymade indigenous traps can be made and used for catching the rats. Besidesthis, remunerations /reward can be kept by government for each rat/rodentkilled.Hence, it is concluded that the measures to contain various problemsthat may arise due to gregarious bamboo flowering would be totally aconcerted efforts involving all the state government departments, PanchayatRaj, GBs, general public, NGOs etc.It is opined that such menace would be controlled effectively with thecollective efforts from people from all walks of life.