Inspiring the Respective Gram Panchayat community to engage in self-help and cooperative life-sustaining ventures with the active but only catalytic intervention by the project in watershed development refers to the conservation, regeneration and the judicious use of all the resources – natural ( like land, water plants, animals) and human – within the project area – Respective Gram Panchayat.

2. Inspiring the Respective Gram Panchayat community to engage in self-help and cooperative life-sustaining ventures with the active but only catalytic intervention by the project in watershed development refers to the conservation, regeneration and the judicious use of all the resources – natural ( like land, water plants, animals) and human – within the project area – Respective Gram Panchayat. sagen – new growth

10. Flowering trees = 40% Casia fistula (Sonalu/Amaltas), Casia siamea (Minijiri), Delonex regia (Krishna chura), Bombax cieba (Simul), Alostronia scholaris (Chatian), Bahaunia species (Kanchan)

11. Decorative plants = 20 % Anthocephalus cadamba (Kadam), Debdaru, Casurina equisetifolia (Jhaw), Radha Chura & Kushum]

12. Timber yielding = 30 % Dalbergia sissoo (Sissoo), Acancia auriculiformis (Sonaijuri), Swietenia macrophylla (Mahegini) Albizzia lebbeck (Siris), Tectona (Neem), Ginelina arborea (Gamar )

13. Fruit yielding = 10 % Syzygium cumini (Jam), Zizyphus jujube (Kul), Mangifera indica (Mango)

18. Employment Generation for 1 Km. Total Employment Generation for 62.5 Km of Plantation = 336 Man Days * 62.5 Km = 21000 Mandays. 336 Total Employment Generation for 1 Km of Plantation 180 Biological protection of planting by engaging Mazdoor from August to January 180 days @ 1 labour / day 13 8 Watering during draught period 12 10 4th cleaning mulching weeding etc. (160 seedlings/md) 11 10 3rd cleaning mulching weeding etc. (160 seedlings/md) 11 12 2nd cleaning mulching weeding etc. (133 seedlings/md) 10 14 1st cleaning mulching weeding etc. (114 seedlings/md) 9 3 Filling vacancies by planting potted seedlings 8 12 Live feneing with sowing seeds of babla, Akashmoni & planting cutting of pomea 7 16 Planting potted seedlings including carriage from nursery (100 plants / md) 5 12 Filling planting pits with basal dose application of manure 20 days before planting (@ 50 gram per pit) with earth 133 pits/md 4 (For mixed medium hard soil, digging earth for male 72 cft = 1 md) this is as per order No. RD/P/NREGA/18-09/06 dated 19/10/2006 50 Digging planting pits of size 0.45 X 0.45m X 0.30 m i.e. 1.5 ft X 1.5 ft X 1 ft = 2.25 cft X 1600 pits = 3600 cft/72cft = 50md @ 32 pits / md 3 8 Cleaning planting site by cutting bushes, weeds & removing the same 2 1 Survey & demarcation 1 Labour required/ 1 km of plantation (Mandays for 1600 seedlings) Particulars of work Sl. No.

20. Conclusion The “ sagen – new growth” project, therefore, is an attempt towards locating ways and means for the best possible utilization of wastelands, afforestation of life-support system and regeneration of trees. While the project provides employment and good returns to the villagers thereby reducing their poverty, it also demonstrates a well coordinated effort amongst villagers, self help group, Panchayat Officials, Various government department officials and “ Nawa Janam”.