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April to
September2011
Half Yearly Report
Bhavishya
Bharat
Foundation
Supported by:Teesta Urja Limited
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Title : Progress Report (April to September 2011)
Compiled by : P. Buruslin Mento and Nawraj Gurung
Photography : BBF Team
Design and layout : P. Buruslin Mento
Published by : Bhavishya Bharat Foundation
Supported by : Teesta Urja Ltd.
Date : January 2012
Contact : Bhavishya Bharat Foundation
7th Floor, Block-B, Roxana Towers, Greenlands
Begumpet, Hyderabad – 500 016, A.P., India
Tel/Fax: +91 - 40 - 66570984
Website: www.bhavishyabharat.in | E-mail: [email protected]
© 2011 Bhavishya Bharat Foundation
About Bhavishya Bharat Foundation
Bhavishya Bharat Foundation is a public charitable trust registered in 2008. BBFaims to integrate and implement health, educational, livelihood and other socialdevelopment programmes for the underprivileged and marginalized people livingin high infrastructure expansion areas. It has initiated works in the State of Sikkimand is shortly commencing works in Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and AndhraPradesh. It hopes to expand to other parts of the country in future.
00Bhavishya Bharat Foundation
April to September 2011
TEESTA HEP-III, 1200MW, Sikkim Project
Progress Report
BBF has been working for the integrated and holistic development of people in nine Gram Panchayats of North Sikkim since 2008 as
part of the Teesta Stage III (1200 MW) HEP project. This report is presented with the progress of works of the project for the period from
April to September 2011. The reporting period is marked by launch of couple of key initiatives in education and livelihood programmes.
These involve the introduction of e-learning for kids and commencement of Amosa Atil (mother’s enterprise) programme.
Works progressed in the on-going activities of all programmes involving healthcare, education, livelihoods and social/infrastructure de-
velopments. In healthcare programme, over 10000 patients benefited from mobile OPD (497), clinic OPD (8752) and medical camps
(927). As part of the education programme, the Lhoric (knowledge) centres that are established in all project villages continued to offer
tuition and games and sports facilities. All the sponsored students who appeared for exams in the second term got through the exami-
nations. In livelihoods front, facilitation and guidance was provided towards enhanced production of large cardamom, tomato, ginger,
chilli and mushroom among others. Facilitation was also given to promote savings and income generation activities among Self Help
Groups and farmers clubs. In the social/infrastructure development programme, construction of retaining wall around the school
ground at Safoo/Salim Pakyel got completed in the reporting period, and the constructions of monastic school hostel at Shipgyer and
Gumpa kitchen at Singhik are nearing completion.
The on-going works came to a halt towards the end of the reporting period due to the earthquake of September 18 that devastated the
project villages. The BBF team rushed to the affected villages and offered rescue and relief operations. The medical team nursed the in-
jured and provided medicines in both the project villages and other locations. The relief team distributed rice, pulses, oil and other
household items to the people of the project villages. A relief camp was set up by BBF at Naga. It provided effective services to the
tired, hungry, shocked and injured people coming from project sites from 19th September to 1st October. BBF plans to undertake disas-
ter adaptation measures in the project villages by introducing long term projects through sustainable and participatory approaches.
Executive Summary
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Acronyms
AIPL Abir Infrastructure Private Limited
BBF Bhavishya Bharat Foundation
BP Blood Pressure
C-in-C Commander-in-Chief
CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
DC District Collector
ENT Ear, Nose and Throat
ESR Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
HEP Hydro Electric Power
HM Head Master
ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research
IT Information Technology
LADP Local Area Development Programme
Lt Gen Lieutenant General
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
MGNREGS Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme
MLA Member of Legislative Assembly
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MW Mega Watt
NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NRHM National Rural Health Mission
NSA North Sikkim Academy
OPD Out Patient Department
PHC Primary Health Center
PHSC Primary Health Sub Centre
R&R Rehabilitation and Resettlement
RBS Random Blood Sugar
RNTCP Revised National Tuberculosis Control
Programme
SHG Self Help Group
SRDA Sikkim Rural Development Agency
SSS Sikkim Secondary School
TB Tuberculosis
TUL Teesta Urja Limited
USA United States of America
UTI Urinary Tract Infection
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Contents
Executive Summary ivAcronyms vi
Organisational Overview 01
Progress of Activities Healthcare 05Education 09Livelihoods 14Social/infrastructure Development 19
Sikkim Earthquake: Status of Rescue, Relief and Rehabilitation works 21
Annexure Annexure – 1: Details of Mobile OPD 26Annexure – 2: Details of Clinic OPD 28Annexure – 3: Details of Medical Camps 30Annexure 4: Savings by SHGs 31Annexure 5: Details of Social/infrastructure Development 32
Organisational Overview
Bhavishya Bharat Foundation envisages integrated and
holistic development of communities it works with, es-
pecially the underprivileged and marginalized people
living in high infrastructure expansion areas. Sustainable devel-
opment of communities is the central focus of all its activities.
Objectives1. To carry out, run, establish, sponsor and maintain all kinds of
charitable work and activities, livelihoods and educational work
and activities social work and activities, thrift programs, saving
programs and credit activities.
2. To establish, maintain, assist, improve and otherwise support
both directly and indirectly educational institutions and pro-
grammes to provide academic and technical and vocational ed-
ucation and trainings at all levels and to provide assistance to
needy students.
3. To run, sponsor or assist in literacy numeracy and other edu-
cational and training programmes for people of all ages, includ-
ing setting up of libraries and computer centers and other
facilities for education, training and development of knowledge
and capabilities.
4. To undertake all kinds of rescue, relief, resettlement and reha-
bilitation programmes at the time of natural and other calami-
ties as well as to attend to the needs of those affected by
industrialization and infrastructure development activities un-
dertaken by both Governments and Private parties.
5. To establish and maintain all kinds of homes and Institutions
for the benefit of disadvantaged children, old people, students,
homeless persons and trainees and students undergoing.
Organisational Overview
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Vision Improve the quality of life of communities in
the areas where the infrastructure developmentis in progress, thereby enabling communities to
become self-reliant and more developed.
MissionProvide sustainable opportunities aligned with Mil-
lennium Development Goals (MDGs) to improvelivelihoods, health, education and gender equity
from the human development perspective.
6. To plan and implement all kinds of development programs for
welfare and development of rural and urban areas like drinking
water, sanitation, infrastructure development, etc.
7. To collaborate and cooperate with Government and Non-
Governmental Organizations to undertake program on common
problem relating to any socio economic development, particu-
larly in rural areas.
8. To undertake program aiming at raising peoples critical
awareness on environment issues which primarily refer to the
life sustaining resources and channelize their awareness into ac-
tion program that help in protecting the environment/ecology.
9. To establish, maintain, assist, improve and otherwise support
both directly and indirectly medical institutions and pro-
grammes including but not restricted to Hospitals, Diagnostic
Centre, Dispensaries and other health Institutions, both mobile
and fixed in urban/ rural areas.
10. To carry on, run, start, establish, maintain all kinds of Schools,
Technical Centers, Research and Development Centers and Insti-
tutions in urban/ rural areas.
11. To take up such activities
of general public utility not
involving the carrying on
any activity for profit.
12. To set up blood banks
and eye banks on the basis
of Voluntary donations.
13. To do all necessary things
for and incidental or conduc-
tive for the attainment of
above objectives of the Trust including but not restricted to hir-
ing personnel and consultants, entering into alliances and
agreements of cooperation, soliciting and bidding for Funds
from Government and companies.
The objects of the Trust shall be enjoyed by all irrespective of
caste, creed or religion.
Geographical FocusBBF works for the integrated development of nine project-af-
fected villages1 around Mangan and Chungthang sub divisions
of North Sikkim district. Besides, it has initiated works in the
State of Sikkim and is shortly commencing works in Arunachal
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. It hopes to expand
to other parts of the country in future.
Structure and GovernanceBBF is chaired by Dr. Abid Hussian, former Commerce Secretary
and Ambassador to USA and is governed by an eminent Board
of Trustees. The day-to-day activities of the trust are adminis-
tered by the Managing Trustee, Lt Gen (Retd) Hari Prasad, for-
mer C-in-C of India’s Northern army. A group of experienced
professionals assist the Managing Trustee in operationalizing
the planned activities.
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1. The nine project villages are Kazor, Singhik, Theng, Pegong, Chungthang, Shipgyer, Safoo/Salem Pakyel and Ramam.
Organisational Overview
Organisational Structure of BBF
Board ofTrustees
ManagingTrusteeHead Office Project Office
Sr. Manager(Operations)
Manager (MIS &Documentation)
State Coordinator
Officer - Finance &
Admin
Admin Assistant
Project Coordinator
Officer - Livelihoods
Executive(Admin & Accounts)
Medical Officer
Sr. Engineer(Infra)
EducationSupport Team
CommunityOrganizers
Medical Support Team
Progress of Activities
BBF is entrusted with responsibilities of un-dertaking CSR activities outlined in LocalArea Development Programme under the
Environment Management Plan of Teesta Stage III(1200 MW) Hydro Electric Power. An agreement tothis effect was signed between BBF and Teesta UrjaLimited in 2008. Subsequently, BBF undertook vari-ous detailed activity plans which included exten-sive field visits to all nine Project Villages,consultation with village representatives, meetingswith members of Panchayat Raj Institutions anddiscussion with various government officials at thedistrict level. Based on the extensive field work, adetailed action plan was drawn and presented dur-ing the second meeting of Rehabilitation and Re-settlement (R&R) committee held on 15thDecember 2008. Following approval of the plan bythe R & R committee, BBF has been working on theapproved plan through the current project.
The project operates around four core programmes: 1. Healthcare2. Education3. Livelihood, and 4. Social Development.
These programmes are intended to achieve inte-grated development that leads to the empower-ment of communities in the nine project villages.The ensuing section of this report is presented withthe progress of activities and major accomplish-ments of the four programme areas for the report-ing period from April to September 2011.
Title of ProjectImprove quality of life of communities impacted by infrastructure development in Nine Gram Panchayats ofNorth Sikkim that are affected by Teesta Stage III (1200 MW) HEP by providing sustainable opportunities toimprove livelihoods, health, education and thereby promoting wellbeing of communities.DurationJuly 2008 – March 2012Supported byTeesta Urja Limited
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Healthcare
RationaleBased on the primary assessment of the project villages by ex-
ternal consultant and extensive field visits by the staff, BBF drew
the overall implementation plan for the afore-mentioned four
programme areas. As regards healthcare, the assessment came
out with the following key analyses: some of the common dis-
eases found in the project villages include hypertension, alco-
holic lever diseases, cardi-myopathic, TB, acute respiratory
infection and anemia among women and children. The assess-
ment also identified gaps in service delivery systems (like the
Primary Health Sub Centres) and in administration and monitor-
ing of national health care programmes (NRHM, RNTCP, etc.).
Hence, the implementation plan came up with the strategy of,
among others, formalizing collaboration with district govern-
ment in which BBF would play the role of enabler of health serv-
ices rather than undertaker, working out an MoU to involve the
existing PHSCs and their staff to provide quality medical services
to the project villages, supplementing necessary infrastructure
and human resources support to fill gaps in service delivery sys-
tems and functions, and formulating a health advisory commit-
tee to ensure transparency and accountability.
Objective of Healthcare programmeThe key objective of BBF’s healthcare programme is to provide
comprehensive quality primary medical care for people in the
Project Villages.
Major accomplishments in the past The major accomplishments until the last reporting (upto March
2011) in healthcare programme involve:
• Inauguration of community health scheme of BBF by Honor-
able Chief Minister of Sikkim, Dr Pawan Chamling
• Provision of free Super Speciality Medical Camp for project
villages
• Organizing specialized medical camps in project and non-pro-
ject areas and schools
• Carrying out regular specialized health camps, including im-
munization programmes, in collaboration with State and Central
Government and other institutions providing healthcare
• Organizing awareness camps on contagious diseases, mater-
nal and child health as well as HIV&AIDS
• Provision of State-of-the-art mobile hospitals and doorstep
mobile OPD facilities in remote villages
• Training of doctors, adaption of standard treatment guide-
lines, and medical profiling
• Development of information system for healthcare
management
• Integration of clinics covering all project villages
• Construction and up-gradation of hospitals and diagnostic
centres
• Provision of medical and diagnostic services
• Provision of emergency kits at select project villages
• Referral of secondary/tertiary care patients to specialty
hospitals
Healthcare
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Progress in the reporting periodThe progress of healthcare programme for the period from April
to September 2011 is as presented below.
Mobile OPDTwenty six scheduled mobile OPD visits were conducted in the
project villages of Safoo, Salem Pakyel, Kazor, Pegong, Ramom,
and Shipgyer in the reporting period2. These visits benefited 497
villagers (245 men & 252 women) to consult and avail medical
services. The type of ailments faced by the villagers in the re-
porting period is topped by common cough and cold (35%),
which is followed by Gastritis (18%), and Hypertension (11 %).
Eleven per cent villagers also reported having ‘other’ complaints
involving injuries, wound, allergy, fits, BP, insect bites, immu-
nization, joint pains, UTI, vomiting and headache. Extensive de-
tails are presented in annexure 1. The table and chart below
present the village wise list of recipients of mobile OPD services
and percentage of uses by villages, respectively, from April to
September 2011.
Clinic OPDA total of 8752 people (6211 men & 2541 women) availed pri-
mary health care services from the five clinics based at Singhik,
Theng (Adit 2), Shipgyer (Adit 3), Ramom (Adit 4), and Saffo
(Adit 5) for the period from April to September 2011. This in-
volves 4639 company patients as well as 4113 local patients. De-
tails are given in Annexure 2. About 63% villagers who availed
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Healthcare
Recipients of Mobile OPD services - Month wise (April to Sep-tember 2011)
Month Location Male Female Total
AprilSafoo/Salem Pakyel 7 8 15Kazor 69 62 131
May
Pegong 17 23 40Ramom 6 9 15Kazor 24 21 45Safoo/Salem Pakyel 9 11 20Shipgyer 7 8 15
June
Kazor 9 9 18Pegong 15 20 35Saffo 15 17 32Shipgyer 7 15 22
July
Saffo/Salem Pakyel 3 12 15Shipgyer 1 0 1Ramom 3 8 11Kazor 7 7 14
Aug.Pegong 25 12 37Saffo/Salem Pakyel 12 4 16
Sep. Ramom 9 6 15Total 245 252 497
2. Mobile OPD visits are usually not conducted in the remaining three project villages as they have got PHCs there.
A mobile OPD camp at Pegong in August
A villager is attended by doctor at the OPD at Ramom in September
the services were above 18 years of age, whereas 23% were be-
tween 6 – 18 years and the remaining 14% were in the age
group of 0 – 5. As seen in the chart below, the common ailments
attended to in the clinics include Respiratory infections (17%),
Common cough & cold (15%), Gastritis (14%), Skin infections
(9%), Ear, Nose, Throat infections (7%), Viral infections (3%), Hy-
pertension (1.40%), and Diabetes (0.10%). The remaining 33%
were affected by ‘other’ ailments like injuries, wound, allergy,
fits, BP, insect bites, immunization, joint pains, UTI, vomiting and
headache.
Medical CampsFour one-day medical camps were organized in Naga, Chungh-
tang, Shipgyer, and Kazor in the reporting period benefiting a
total of 927 people. As presented in the chart below, the partici-
pants above 15 years of age were to the tune of 56%; the rest of
the patients were 6 – 15 years (30%) and 0 – 5 years (14%) of
age. The participants availed various physical tests such as cell
counts, RBS, respiratory infections, XRAY, and ESR among others.
Treatments were given for gastroenterological and respiratory
infections, and ENT related ailments. Details are given in annex-
ure 3.
Healthcare
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A medical camp at Shipgyer in August
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Education
RationaleThe average literacy rate of North Sikkim as per the Census 2011
is 77.39 per cent, whereas the average literacy rate of the project
villages in 2010 was 79.67 per cent3 (it was 35.69 per cent when
the project was started in 2008). Despite Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(free and compulsory elementary education for children aged
between 6 and 14) being implemented by the State govern-
ment since 2001, there is lack of facilities in the project villages
owing to extent of remoteness, lower population density, lack of
awareness among parents, insufficient infrastructural facilities
and shortage of trained teachers. To address the situation, BBF
planned to create infrastructure and institutional mechanisms
to ensure 100 per cent enrolment of children aged between 6
and 14, retention of the enrolled children, provide residential
scholarship for needy children, strengthen capacities of school
management committees, and arrange trainings for teachers,
among others. BBF also intends to seek partnership with other
organizations (like IBM, Pratham etc.) that have track record of
working with children.
Objective of Education programmeTo enhance the standard of education in the project villages by
improving school infrastructure facilities and reducing drop
outs, arranging for skill up-gradation of teachers and strength-
ening school management committees and village education
committees in the project villages.
Major Accomplishments in the PastThe major accomplishments until the last reporting (upto March
2011) in education programme involve:
• Sponsorship programmes for needy children
• Support for improving school infrastructure
• Provision of hostel facilities for students - it enabled to achieve
drastic improvement in curriculum performance, communica-
tion skills and extra-curricular activities of students staying at
the hostels
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Education
3. Source: primary data collected by BBF
Selection Criteria for Student Scholarship by BBF
BBF has been providing scholarship to 45 students – 5 each
in the nine PVs – as part of achieving its objectives in the
education front. The students studying outside their village
due to dearth of facilities within and those studying locally,
yet unable to afford the cost are given priority by BBF. The
children who come under the priority category are further
processed based on the following criteria:
- The student passes the year ending examination with
minimum of 35% of marks
- Is from poor family
- Is a dropout
- Number of dependents in the family
- Child of single parents or chronically ill parents and
Orphan
After provisional selection of candidates using the criteria,
BBF presents the same to the village education committee
by holding a meeting involving members of Gram Pan-
chayat, Anganwadi workers, respected citizens, SHG leaders
and school HM or teacher. The participants of the meeting,
in a consultative process, finalize the list of five students
from the village to avail scholarship from BBF.
• Establishing and facilitating knowledge centres in project
villages
• Launch of e-learning centres that provide computer literacy,
access to IT-based communication and platform for children to
develop analytical skill, aptitude and personality
• Organizing skill enhancement programmes for teachers and
strengthening school management committees
• Organizing events of national and global importance (Inde-
pendence Day, Environment Day, Ozone Layer Day, Teachers
Day, Children’s Day, Hand Washing Day)
• Conducting vocational training programmes
Progress in the reporting period
Knowledge CentresLocally known as ‘Lhoric Centre’, the knowledge centres offer
platforms for the young and adults alike to stimu-
late, develop and enrich their mental, physical and
social abilities. There is one Lhoric Centre each in
the project villages that are established and man-
aged by BBF. The Centre provides tuition on all
days except Sundays in all subjects to students at-
tending class 1 to 5. The tuition class is handled by
a BBF staff in charge of the Centre or a qualified
teacher. The Centre is also equipped with indoor
and outdoor games facilities, newspapers and
magazines, drawing and colouring materials, and dictionary for
reference. The Lhoric Centres aim to reduce the knowledge gap
and improve awareness levels among rural communities. The
Centre in-charge engages in guiding and facilitating the activi-
ties of the Centre.
In the reporting period, tuitions classes were conducted in all
the project villages on all working days. The villagers used the
carom board, ludo and chess facilities regularly, whereas foot-
ball and volleyball were played occasionally. The visitors usually
read the Sikkim Talk and Wisdom. It is also observed that the
number of visitors to the Centre and their habit of referring to
the dictionaries has been increasing gradually. The table and
chart below indicate the number of visitors at each Lhoric centre
and a comparative analysis of percentage of attendance in the
Lhoric centres across project villages for the period from April to
September 2011.
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Cumulative data of attendance at the Lhoric centres fromApril to September 2011
MonthRamom Theng* Singhik Saffo Shipgyer Chungthang Kazor PegongApril 366 0 0 565 79 174 205 623May 406 0 0 568 95 202 222 552June 403 0 59 188 96 239 208 649July 379 0 167 153 117 209 227 556Aug. 367 0 170 208 246 203 199 524Sep. 178 0 104 69 88 145 146 289Total 2099 0 500 1751 721 1172 1207 3193
* Theng: the students did not use the Centre here due to dispute between thevillagers and the Head Master of the school where the Centre is hosted.
Efforts are on to resolve the issue and resume operation.
Children at the Shipgyer Lhoric Centre in September
Sponsorship programmeA total of 72 children from the project areas have been sup-
ported as part of the sponsorship programme. This includes the
38 students studying at Singhik Secondary School and 34 stu-
dents at the North Sikkim Academy. Sponsorship programme is
given to students studying from class 1 to 10. The chart below
presents the percentage of students pertaining to their class of
study:
In the second term ending in December 2011, the entire 71 stu-
dents who appeared for the year-end examinations got through
the exams (One parson did not appear for the second term ex-
aminations). The highest mark obtained by the students is 82.01
whereas the lowest is 34.5.
The chart below presents the category of performance of stu-
dents in terms of the marks secured for the second term:
E-learning
The e-learning portal developed by BBF was installed at Singhik
project office premises and Chungthang Lhoric center in the
month of August 2011. However, the e-learning for the students
of Singhik village got officially inaugurated by Mr T.W.Lepcha,
area MLA in the presence of Mr SK Pradhan, District Collector (N)
on September 2. At the inaugural function, the Head Master of
Singhik Government Secondary School was all praise for the ini-
tiative and stated that the e-learning facility was first of its kind
in the district and would be a distinct tool for the students of
Singhik on the way to making their future brighter. It is ob-
served that about 20 to 25 students are using the e-Learning
portal in Singhik every day by making visit to the centre either
before going to school or after. However, the e-learning facility
that was hosted at the Chungthang Lhoric center was com-
pletely damaged due to the earthquake that devastated the
project areas on September 18.
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Students outside the Singhik hostel
Children use the e-learning centre at Singhik in August
Other Events and ActivitiesIn addition to the above mentioned activities, regular check-up
for student’s health and hygiene and cleanliness of hostel, regu-
lar visits to check study and food quality were undertaken by
the field staff of BBF. Facilitation for parents meetings at the
schools was also given every month. Science laboratory equip-
ments were also handed over to the NSA and SSS in the pres-
ence of Zilla Adhyakshya North.
A career counseling ses-
sion for students of IX and
X classes was organized at
Tasha Tangay Secondary
School at Chungthang in
the reporting period. Ex-
perts from TUL and AIPL
and staff of BBF attended
the sessions as resource
persons.
The sponsored students participated in games and sports
events organized by MGNREGS in the months of July and Au-
gust. They also
participated in
the World En-
vironment Day
programmes in
June and a
study tour in
September. A
meeting for
the parents of
sponsored children was organized in September. The regular ac-
tivities were disturbed towards the end of the reporting period
owing to the earthquake.
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Children take out a rally on the World Environment Day 2011
Parents of students at parents-teachers meeting
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Livelihoods
RationaleNorth Sikkim is a hilly terrain that limits scope for agriculture
production. However, the terrain best suits cultivation of vari-
eties of cardamom and fruits. Significantly, Mangan is known as
the cardamom capital of the world. There are increased markets
for vegetables, fruits, milk, meat and meat products. About 57
per cent of rural and 25 per cent of the urban families live Below
Poverty Line in Sikkim4.
Following an assessment, BBF planed economic development of
poor families in the project villages through income generation
activities combined with systematic planning and series of activ-
ities. The assessment suggested the following activities: veg-
etable cultivation, promotion of horticulture (cardamom) and
livestock (poultry, ducks, turkey and goats), promotion of dairy
and milk cooperatives, promotion of petty trades (vending, sale
of vegetables and other goods), facilitation for vocational train-
ing services (driving, electrical and electronics rent and repairs),
processing of pickles and badi, and promotion of bamboo craft-
works and eco-tourism. BBF envisages providing both technical
and financial supports for these livelihood activities.
Objective of Livelihood programmeThe key objective of the programme is to revive agriculture and
sustainable livelihood approaches and improve economic con-
ditions of the under privileged farmers.
Major accomplishments in the past• Strengthening livelihood opportunities and promotion of
agricultural enterprises
• Promotion of local livelihoods through formation and
strengthening of SHGs and Farmers Clubs
• Promotion of organic farming in cash crops like cardamom
and ginger
• Supporting agriculture and horticulture production with par-
ticipatory research and development planning
• Mobilizing multi stakeholders (NABARD, ICAR, Spices Board,
SRDA, Horticulture and agriculture, Animal Husbandry and co-
operative societies) for income generation activities.
Progress in the Reporting Period
Cardamom ProductionRange of activities were undertaken in the reporting period to-
wards production of large cardamom in the project villages.
These include:
• Demonstration of method of plantation at few villages and
checking plantation for weeding, watering and maintenance
• Requesting farmers to uproot disease-affected plants to save
other healthy plants. It was also suggested to remove Furkee
and Chirkee plants from Cardamom
• Uprooting and transplanting cardamom plants from Old Nursery
to ‘0’ point nursery and supervising ‘0’ point nursery work for
weeding cardamom plants
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Livelihoods
4. Estimate of the Ninth Five Year Plan quoted in the Sikkim Human Development Report 2001
A cardamom nursery bed at the zero point
• Negotiating with Spice Board for accessing technical and sub-
sidy support schemes for cardamom replantation and sucker
nursery development
• Submission of a project proposal to ICAR on “Biotechnology
for rural development”
HorticultureBBF has been monitoring and guiding performance of green-
house tomato plants at Singhik, Chungthang and Kazor.
Through regular field visits, the field staff of BBF have been giv-
ing valuable advises to guard the plants from blight and pow-
dery mildew diseases. Likewise, the ginger plantation was
monitored in Project Villages and the farmers were advised to
weed and uproot disease-affected plants along with rhizome
and destroy them completely.
Facilitation for SHGs and Farmers ClubBBF facilitated regular meetings, accounts and record keeping
among SHGs in the project villages. It also facilitated prepara-
tion of a five year plan document for the SGHs of Ramom,
Chungthang, Pegong and Theng. The staff of BBF visited the
chilli fields of Saffo and Shipgyer SHGs and advised the mem-
bers to make water channel to save the plants from rooting dis-
eases. The SHGs also have been helped with income generation
activities. The members of Konglu SHG at Theng informed that
they had sold out 5 kg cabbage and 1 kg cauliflower as part of
the SHG programme. The SHG at Theng received paddy straws
and grass cap fingerling (the latter from fishery department) and
were given technical guidance to manage them. Three SHGs
also availed support from fisheries department towards con-
struction of pond and BBF provided support for fencing around
the pond, for safety measures.
Savings in the reporting periodA total of Rs.31,760 was saved by the nine SHGs in the reporting
period. The Kursong Rip SHG at Chungthang had the top saving
figures of Rs.6,000, whereas, the Kongchenchu belonging to
Shipgyer had the least with a saving of Rs.1,200 in the reporting
period. The total savings of all SHGs for all months up to Sep-
tember 2011 stands at Rs.1, 69,739. Details are given in annex-
ure 4. The chart below presents the comparative scores of
savings made by the SHGs until September 2011 against the
savings made by them up to March 2011.
Facilitation for meetings of farmer clubs was also given in the re-
porting period. The staff of BBF obtained the consent of farmers
to implement the NABARD-supported Spices Board subsidiary
scheme for ginger cultivation in the project villages. Nine farm-
ers clubs were formed in June in collaboration with NABARD
and subsequently, the farmer clubs have opened common sav-
ings accounts.
Amosa AtilAmosa Atil is the local name for ‘Mothers Enterprise’. The initia-
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Staff of BBF explaining a point to Shipgyer SHG women overcultivation of ginger
tive is intended to revive the local economy and make liveli-
hoods more sustainable by engaging women of the project vil-
lages in livelihoods-related activities. The reporting period
witnessed works on institution building to initiate the Amosa
Atil programme in all the project villages. Subsequently, mem-
bers list and action plan of the enterprises were finalized. The
following activities were carried out by BBF towards strengthen-
ing Amosa Atil in the reporting period:
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“Now I can earn money by growing mushroom while sitting at home”
Case Study of mushroom cultivators in project villages under Amosa Atil programme
The nine SHGs supported by BBF in the project villages had been
involved in savings, inter-loaning and cultivation of vegetables as
part of the project. In the process, BBF came up with an idea of
Mother’s Enterprise (locally known as Amosa Atil) that involves a
limited group of five interested members from each SHG. Amosa
Atil promotes economic development through livelihood activi-
ties such as mushroom cultivation, piggery, poultry, farming, fish-
ery, etc. BBF began demonstration of each of these activities and
provided technical support for the same. To the surprise of the
members of Amosa Atil, the mushrooms have shown great results and have won much popularity among women.
Following extensive trainings in June 2011, BBF distributed five kilos of mushroom seeds to each group (Kongchenchu group got 10
kg), along with paddy straw and poly bags. The cost of five kilos of seeds along with straw and bag for one group is approximately
Rs.630/-. Besides, Rs.1950/- could be incurred towards labour charges
for one cycle of cultivation. The packing charges could be about
Rs.50/-. Hence, the total expenditure for a group is about Rs.2630/-.
The market rate for one kilo of mushroom is Rs.150/- and one kilo
seed of mushroom can make a production of at least 10 kg of mush-
rooms. Hence, this activity had the potential of giving a return that is
two times more than the investments just in a month’s time.
The result was very much on the predicted lines: each of the nine
Amosa Atil group harvested an average of 31.2 kg of mushrooms; the
Runnit group topped the production with 38 kg while Hill and Mayal Kyoung groups had the lowest of 31 kg each. Portion of the har-
vested mushrooms were consumed by the households and the remaining were sold out at Rs.150/-. The members of Amosa Atil are
happy as they can make a handsome additional income while being at home and doing other household chores.
Training on mushroom cultivation at Theng
I am very happy to cultivate mushroom because this isvery easy method for us. This is a quick money andeasy to sell. Earlier, I used to cultivate cabbage and
cauliflower. But most of the days I had to engage my-self in the field and wait for 90 to 120 days for theproduce. Compared to that, I find mushroom to be
the best as I can do other domestic works side by side.
- Mrs. Songkit Lepcha, Member, Kongchenchu SHG
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• Imparted technical guidance on poultry farming and distrib-
uted chicks in Theng, Kazor, and Singhik
• Distributed piglets for select participants in Chungthang,
Ramom and Singhik.
Follow-up visits were
carried out by the
field staff and the
participants were ad-
vised to make shades
around the pig shed
and to avail benefit
card from Animal
veterinary depart-
ment to get free treatment for piglets.
• Following supply of pig worm, the piglets have seemed
healthier; it has been also observed that the fingerling and
chicken grown as part of Amosa Atil programme in Theng were
also found growing healthy.
Mushroom CultivationDemonstrations for mushroom cultivation were done in the
project villages beside a residential training program for two
community organizers and a community member. The training
was organized at ICAR Tadong, Gangtok from 13th June to 23rd
June. Training was given on mushroom spawn production and
cultivation. As follow-up programme, the trained persons
played the role of resource persons and imparted training to all
community organizers and SHG members of Kazor and Singhik
under the supervision of scientists from ICAR. The community
organizers, in turn, would give training to SHG
members of their respective villages under
Amosa Atil livelihood program.
Following the trainings, mushroom seedlings
along with other items were distributed to the
SHGs in the project villages (Saffo, Kazor and
Singhik). It is observed that the mushroom culti-
vation has become a big success in all the proj-
ect villages with high market demand. To take
the initiative to the next logical step, BBF is pondering over es-
tablishing a mushroom laboratory with the cooperation of
NABARD.
Facilitation for Capacity Building The following trainings and capacity building measures were
undertaken for the project villages in the reporting period:
• Mushroom and poultry farming trainings at Singhik Panchayat
Bhawan facilitated by ICAR Scientist, Gangtok
• Introduced Spices Board Subsidies Scheme in all the project
villages and requested them to implement the same
• Briefed villagers about farmers’ training programme by
NABAD and requested them to participate in the same
• Formed new Water Management Committee at Kozor as the
previous committee did not perform well
• Submitted the filled up applications to Spices Board for further
action
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Poultry supplied to Hill Queen SHG at Kazor
Training session on piggery, poultry and mushroom cultivationin collaboration with ICAR
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Social/Infrastructure Development
RationaleThe comprehensive socio-economic profiling of the project vil-
lages identified the macro and micro level developmental issues
of people in the project area. Accordingly, plans were drawn up
to develop community infrastructures (like renovation of Gom-
pas, kitchen at Gompas, hostel or transit accommodation), and
to promote local arts, crafts and cultural activities.
Objective of Social/InfrastructureDevelopment programmeTo promote traditional culture, structures, handicrafts and
craftsmanship by supporting civil societies like the SHGs, youth
clubs and Panchayats.
Major accomplishments in the past• Developing infrastructure facilities such as community centres
and monastery
• Facilitation for promotion of indigenous arts and crafts
• Organizing events on important international days to uphold
human development and promote awareness
• Provision of safe drinking water in remote households
• Provision of gym for local youth
• Sponsorship for cultural and environmental heritages
• Promotion of social and cultural harmony in project areas
• Ensuring gender equity.
Progress in the Reporting PeriodConstruction of Retaining Wall around the School Ground at
Safoo/Salim Pakyel got completed in the reporting period. Both
the constructions of Monastic School Hostel at Shipgyer and
Gumpa Kitchen at Singhik reached 90 per cent completion in
September 2011 from the previous reported progress of 60 per
cent and 56 per cent respectively in March 2011. The progress of
other infrastructure works stood as presented below up to Sep-
tember 2011:
• Community Centre at Peygong – 50%
• Singhik Secondary School Hostel – 20%
• Water Supply scheme at Safoo/Salim Pakyel – 20%
• PHSC at Singhik – 10%
Preliminary works for the renovation of LP School Building and
Construction of Mani Lakhang both at Theng are in progress.
Works towards renovation of Community Centre (Gumpa) at
Shipgyer got affected by the earthquake and the Gumpa com-
mittee and Panchayats have decided to construct the retaining
wall around the premises of Gumpa with the actual allotted
amount. Details have been given in Annexure 5. The chart
below presents the progress of works in the reporting period
against that of March 2011.
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Social/Infrastructure Development
The monastic school at Shipgyer that is nearing completion
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Response to
Sikkim Earthquake 9/18
An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit the
state of Sikkim and surrounding areas at 18.10 hours
on September 18, 2011. The quake rattled the entire
Eastern region of India. With electricity and communication fa-
cilities were disconnected in Sikkim, situation was still sketchy
for many hours after the quake. Tremors were felt between 30
seconds to one minute in some parts of Sikkim and other parts
of eastern India. Three aftershocks of 5.7, 5.3 and 4.6 magnitude
were felt in the region within 30 minutes. Several houses col-
lapsed and scores of people in panic began their prayer on the
streets and play grounds. Several people were reported to be
dead and the injured list was enormous. Large number of fami-
lies were scattered and were looking to find their kith and kin.
Life almost came to a standstill. The major affected places are
Chungthang, Saffo, Pegong, Shipgyer, Ramom and Theng which
are our project villages. Lachen, Lachung, Saffo and Chungthang
remained completely cut off from the rest of the world after the
quake. The rescue operations were frequently interrupted by
landslides and heavy down pour of rains. Primary Health Cen-
ters, government buildings, telecommunication stations and
mobile towers were destroyed by the monster earthquake.
Many houses developed cracks and damaged concretes ap-
peared on almost all houses in the affected areas. As most of the
houses were temporarily unsafe and due to fear, many families
opted to stay in relief camps. The medical support team at the
camps helped them with first aid and other medical necessities.
Assessment by BBF TeamImmediately after the catastrophic event, the Managing Trustee,
Lt Gen (Retd) Hari Prasad, rushed to the region to gather vital
firsthand information on critical needs, rescue and relief opera-
tions. The BBF Sikkim team and volunteers were pressed into re-
lief activities. There was a huge need for food and medication
for the devastated families.
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Response to Sikkim Earthquake 9/18
(Clock wise from left, top) A damaged house at Naga. A massivestone slide over a house near Toong check post. The Theng roadis cut off completely.
Bhavishya Bharat team was the first NGO to go to the major af-
fected areas of Shipgyer, Naga, Ramom and Toong. The BBF’s re-
lief team trekked down to reach the affected project villages as
the roads were not open and the earthquake-affected people
needed help from outside. The following project villages were
badly affected:
• Singhik
• Theng
• Pegong
• Chungthang
• Ship-gyer
• Saffo, Salim/ Pakyel
• Ramom
Post relief operations, it is observed that there are number of
houses with cracks that are vulnerable to even rain and land-
slides. Further tremors could compound the problem. Hence,
there is an immediate need to attend to the requirements of
fabricating the earthquake-prone houses.
BBF’s Response to the Earthquake Immediately after the tragedy, BBF team inspected some of the
project villages and began relief operations at once. The team
supplied cooked food to the devastated victims. BBF medical
team nursed the injured and gave them medicines to get re-
lieved from pain. Our relief team distributed rice, pulses, oil and
other household items to the people of project villages.
The table below presents the extent of damage in the nine proj-
ect villages where Relief and Rehabilitation (R&R) activities are
underway:
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Nameof the village
TotalHouse-holds*
Extent of damage dueto the earthquake
Resumption in roadcommunication
Kazor 27Minor cracks in housesand community infra-structures.
Road leading to Man-gan was openedfrom 19th September
Singhik 149
Few houses were se-verely damaged andothers suffered withminor cracks in housesand community infra-structures.
Road leading toMangan was openedfrom 20th Septem-ber
Theng 27
Minor Cracks inhouses and primaryschool was collapsed.NH Roads continuedto be disconnected.
Short cut road toADIT III becamefunctional from 27thSept. Hence, Thengwas accessiblethrough tunnel
Pegong 49Most of the housesand other structureswere damaged.
Pegong became ac-cessible fromChungthang fewdays after the earth-quake
Chungthang 46
Most of the housesand other infrastruc-ture suffered severedamages. Many peo-ple were reporteddead. Chungthangwas accessiblethrough helicopteronly.
Road communica-tion (for small vehi-cles) was resumedby 12th Oct. How-ever, Chunghtangwas accessiblethrough tunnel(ADIT III)
Ship-gyer 79
Several houses, com-munity structures andland had minor tomajor cracks.
Shortcut road wasresumed from Sep-tember 28
Saffo &SalimPakyal
62
Shipgyer to Saffo roadwas completely cutoff. Saffo and SalimPaykel were accessibleonly through helicop-ter.
Road communica-tion was resumedfrom October 12
Ramom 26
Main road was discon-nected. However,footpath (3 hrs.) fromManul was accessible.
Road communica-tion was resumedfrom October 12
* Excluding temporary habitants
BBF team en route to relief works on the next day of the earthquake
BBF commenced the rescue and relief operations with available
resources. However, NABARD Regional Office, Gangtok arranged
for Rs.86,000/- from State Bank of India, Kolkata. The relief efforts
were focused on critical needs and it was extended only to areas
that were accessible by either foot or vehicle.
Significant Efforts by BBFOur significant efforts in response to the earthquake include the
following:
• Our medical team walked three hours and reached Ramom on
the next day of the earthquake. It provided First Aid to the vil-
lagers who were injured during the earthquake and to the work-
ers who came down from ADIT IV. Our medical team went to
new locations every day and provided support to the villagers
and workers coming down from project sites and far flung vil-
lages. This support continued till 30th September, until the last
worker was out from the project site
• Rations like rice, pulses, oil, vegetables, milk, tea leaves, paper
plates and cups, and First Aid were regularly arranged as
needed at the relief camp at Naga. Our staff provided very effec-
tive and efficient service to the tired, hungry, shocked and in-
jured people coming from project sites from 19th September to
1st October
• Two consignments of rice, pulses, oil, candle, matchboxes,
sweets, medicine, etc. were supplied to Saffo through helicopter
• Community and Panchayats of Shipgyer were mobilized to
participate in relief activity and carry relief materials to the vil-
lage. Household goods like rice, pulses, oil, soap, candle, match-
boxes, sweets for children, bags, salt, etc. were supplied in two
consignments. Supply was enough for 60 households for more
than 20 days
• As requested by the community and SHG, household goods
like oil, pulses, candle, matchboxes, tea leaves, vegetables, soap,
sweets for the children and salt were supplied in Theng
• Similarly household goods for Pegong were also supplied
twice through roads and tunnel
• Vehicles were hired on regular basis from day one to 29th Sep-
tember for transporting the injured and general public traveling
to Mangan from project sites and other villages such as Naga
and Tung
• Arranged ration for Ramom and supplied lighting equipment
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(Anti-clock wise from left, top) Relief camp at Naga. BBF medical team helping the victims with First Aid. The locales use the facilities at BBF office tore-charge their mobile phones.
to the villagers of Ramom
• Provided mobile charging facilities at Singhik when there was
no electricity supply for several days
• Facilitated other NGOs like Ecoss, WWF and TMI to carry out
their supply of relief goods to Shipgyer
• Supplied 50 poultry birds to Ramom and Singhik village and
arranged training of affected village representatives at ICAR,
Gangtok and facili-
tated additional
supply of 480 poul-
try birds to the af-
fected villagers to
help them return to
normalcy.
BBF team, carrying
first aid facilities,
visited all the earthquake-affected project villages and tried to
ease their grief at the hour of their need.
Future WorksAt present, government has enough resources for relief and mit-
igation measures to address the immediate requirements of
people affected by the earthquake. Therefore, in the given situa-
tion, BBF aims to take up disaster adaptation strategies by intro-
ducing long term projects through sustainable and participatory
approaches. Preparation of project proposals is in progress.
However, we have yet to identify the donor for our proposals.
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BBF staff distribute water purifiers in the project villages
Annexure
Details of Mobile OPD for the period from April to September 2011
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Annexure - 1
Sl. Location Date of MOPD
Total No. of patients handled
Age Group (0-5 Yrs)
Age Group (6-18 Yrs)
Age Group (above 18 yrs.)
M F (M+F) M F M F M F
1 Safoo/Salem Pakyel 6-Apr-11 7 8 15
2 Kazor 26-Apr-11 61 56 117
3 Kazor 27-Apr-11 8 6 14
4 Pegong 3-May-11 8 10 18 2 1 4 7 2 2
5 Ramom 10-May-11 6 9 15 0 2 3 7 3 0
6 Kazor 11-May-11 11 4 15 4 1 2 2 5 1
7 Safoo/Salem Pakyel 17-May-11 9 11 20 2 2 4 8 3 1
8 Pegong 24-May-11 9 13 22 3 3 5 5 1 5
9 Kazor 30-May-11 13 17 30 5 4 3 2 5 11
10 Shipgyer 31-May-11 7 8 15 1 0 4 2 2 6
11 Kazor 2-Jun-11 8 7 15 2 3 2 1 4 3
12 Pegong 7-Jun-11 15 20 35 3 4 9 14 3 2
13 Saffo 8-Jun-11 15 17 32 2 3 7 10 6 4
14 Shipgyer 21-Jun-11 7 15 22 0 1 3 4 4 10
15 Kazor 22-Jun-11 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2
16 Saffo/Salem Pakyel 5-Jul-11 3 12 15 1 4 1 1 1 7
17 SHIPGYER 12-Jul-11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 RAMOM 14-Jul-11 3 8 11 1 3 0 0 3 5
19 KAZOR 21-Jul-11 7 7 14 1 2 2 1 4 4
20 PEGONG 26-Jul-11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PEGONG 4-Aug-11 25 12 37 4 2 6 2 1 15
22 SAFFO/SALIM PAKYEL 8-Aug-11 12 4 16 2 2 3 1 7 1
23 SHIPGYER 19-Aug-11 0
24 RAMOM 23-Aug-11 0
25 KAZOR 30-Aug-11 0
26 RAMOM 13-Sep-11 9 6 15 1 1 2 3 6 2
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Type of Common Ailments
Annexure - 1
Sl. Location Date ofMOPD
Types of Common Ailments
Respira-tory in-fections
Skin in-fections
Gastri-tis
Com-moncough &cold
Viral in-fections
Ear NoseThroat in-fections
Hyper-tension
Dia-betes Others TOTAL
1 Safoo/SalemPakyel 6-Apr-11 0
2 Kazor 26-Apr-11 0
3 Kazor 27-Apr-11 0
4 Pegong 3-May-11 1 5 4 6 0 0 1 0 1 18
5 Ramom 10-May-11 o o 2 8 1 2 2 15
6 Kazor 11-May-11 0 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 15
7 Safoo/SalemPakyel 17-May-11 0 2 6 8 2 1 1 0 0 20
8 Pegong 24-May-11 0 0 5 13 2 0 2 0 0 22
9 Kazor 30-May-11 0 3 6 13 3 2 1 0 2 30
10 Shipgyer 31-May-11 0 0 2 5 2 0 5 1 0 15
11 Kazor 2-Jun-11 0 1 3 5 1 0 3 0 2 15
12 Pegong 7-Jun-11 2 3 7 15 3 0 3 0 2 35
13 Saffo 8-Jun-11 0 0 3 15 3 2 5 0 4 32
14 Shipgyer 21-Jun-11 0 1 2 5 2 0 7 2 1 20
15 Kazor 22-Jun-11 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
16 Saffo/SalemPakyel 5-Jul-11 4 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 3 15
17 SHIPGYER 12-Jul-11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 RAMOM 14-Jul-11 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 11
19 KAZOR 21-Jul-11 3 2 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 14
20 PEGONG 26-Jul-11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PEGONG 4-Aug-11 6 2 6 5 3 3 5 0 7 37
22 Safoo/SalemPakyel 8-Aug-11 0 2 0 6 3 2 1 0 2 16
26 RAMOM 13-Sep-11 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 8 15
Total 16 24 63 123 31 11 39 3 39 349
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Details of Clinic OPD for the Period from April to September 2011
Annexure - 2
Sl. Location Month(s)Total No. of patients handled No. of Company Patients No. of Local Residents
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
1 Singhik
Apr-11 348 236 584 100 13 113 248 223 471
May-11 393 211 604 76 17 93 317 194 511
Jun-11 393 211 604 76 17 93 317 194 511
Jul-11 500 280 780 166 26 192 334 254 588
Aug. 2011 420 260 680 126 20 146 294 240 534
Sep. 2011 355 227 582 115 9 124 240 218 458
Sub Total 2409 1425 3834 659 102 761 1750 1323 3073
2 Adit 2(Theng)
Apr-11 547 196 743 494 100 594 53 96 149
May-11 143 114 257 117 113 230 26 1 27
Sub Total 690 310 1000 611 213 824 79 97 176
3 Adit 3(Shipgyer)
Apr-11 522 107 629 500 12 512 22 95 117
May-11 176 138 314 126 128 254 50 10 60
June – Sep.2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sub Total 698 245 943 626 140 766 72 105 177
4 Adit 4(Ramom)
Apr-11 765 78 843 720 35 755 45 43 88
May-11 238 166 404 46 5 51 192 161 353
Sub Total 1003 244 1247 766 40 806 237 204 441
5 Adit 5(Saffo)
Apr-11 1078 44 1122 977 10 987 101 34 135
May-11 333 273 606 273 222 495 60 51 111
Sub Total 1411 317 1728 1250 232 1482 161 85 246
Grand Total 6211 2541 8752 3912 727 4639 2299 1814 4113
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Month wise progress
Annexure - 2
S. No. MonthTotal No. of patients handled No. of Company Patients No. of Local Residents
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
1 Apr-11 3260 661 3921 2791 170 2961 469 491 960
2 May-11 1283 902 2185 638 485 1123 645 417 1062
3 Jun-11 393 211 604 76 17 93 317 194 511
4 Jul-11 500 280 780 166 26 192 334 254 588
5 Aug. 2011 420 260 680 126 20 146 294 240 534
6 Sep. 2011 355 227 582 115 9 124 240 218 458
Total 6211 2541 8752 3912 727 4639 2299 1814 4113
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Details of Medical Camps for the period from April to September 2011
Annexure - 3
Sl. Date of camp Location PopulationTurn over
Details of the doctors
Age Group
0-5 Years 6-15 YEARS Above 15years
1 4/20/11 Naga 117 NA NA NA NA
2 6/28/11 Chunghtang 507 Dr. Suvash Rai 25 97 236
3 8/27/11 Shipgyer 84
Dr.Swapendu Basu-Oncologist, Dr.Sharon Foning-Gy-nocologist& Dr.Gyalmit Lepcha-General Physician.
16 18 50
4 8/28/11 Kazor 219
Dr.Swapendu Basu-Oncologist, Dr.Sharon Foning-Gy-nocologist& Dr.Gyalmit Lepcha-General Physician.
56 82 81
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Savings by SHGs for the period from April to September 2011
Annexure - 4
Sl. Name of SHG VillagesProposedmeeting Date(monthly)
Date of Formation Total Mem-bers
Savings fromApril to Septem-ber 2011
Total Savings(from inception toSeptember 2011)
1 Hill Queen Kazor 5 28-Sep-09 10 3,500 7,721
2 Lomail Tarzum Singhik 5 9-May-10 10 3,000 11,545
3 Konglu Theng 3 9-Jul-09 12 3,600 17,922
4 Shimper Pegong 6 2-May-10 12 3,600 30,670
5 Langrip Pegong 6 9-Dec-09 13 3,960 43,953
6 Kursong Rip Chungthang 3 3-Mar-11 10 6,000 7,000
7 Kongchenchu Shipgyer 4 29-Sep-09 10 1,200 5,200
8 Rummit Saffo 4 9-Mar-09 13 3,600 20,511
9 Miyal Quen Ramom 2 9-May-09 10 3,300 25,217
Total 31,760 169,739
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Details of Social/infrastructure Development for the period from April to September 2011
Annexure - 5
Sl. Project Village Infrastructure Dev. Work Progress till March 2011 Progress up to September 2011
1 Singhik Singhik Secondary School Hostel 9% 20%
2 Singhik Gumpa Kitchen 56% 90%
3 Singhik PHSC 0% 10%
4 Theng Renovation of LP School Building 0% 0%
5 Theng Construction of Mani Lakhang 0% 0%
6 Peygong Community Centre 20% 50%
7 Shipgyer Construction of Monastic SchoolHostel 60% 90%
8 Shipgyer Renovation of Community Centre(Gumpa) 0% *
9 Safoo / Salim Pakyl Construction of Retaining Wall(School Ground) 0% 100%
10 Safoo / Salim Pakyl Water Supply scheme. 1% 20%
* The earthquake of September 18 damaged Gumpa and the structure stands beyond the scopes of renovation. Therefore, Gumpa committee and Pan-chayats have decided to construct the retaining wall around the premises of Gumpa as well as maintain Choten in lieu of renovation of Gumpa withthe actual allotted amount. We have received request letter from Gumpa Committee for the same but DC's letter was not annexed. As such, Panchayatpresident of Shipgyer was suggested to submit DC's letter for diversion of fund. Following receipt of DC’s letter, an estimate will be prepared for thenew work.
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