Officials, NGOs inspect NERCORMP projects
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 11 2014:
Different projects being taken up under the North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCORMP) at different interior villages of Senapati district were jointly inspected by a team of officials and partner NGOs.
NERCORMP is a joint venture of the UN's specialized agency International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the DoNER Ministry's North Eastern Council (NEC) .
It is reported that NERCORMP projects are being implemented at 78 villages of Senapati district.
NERCORMP Senapati project manager N Sukajit said that NERCORMP-I was launched in 2000 and NERCORMP-II is being implemented currently.
NERCORMP-II is being implemented at interior villages not covered by NERCORMP-I with the broad objectives of securing livelihood, environment protection, sustainable development of natural resources and economic upliftment, Sukajit said.
Projects/programmes listed under NERCORMP-II which would remain effective till 2016 include roads, bridges, community halls, water tanks, development of other basic infrastructure and extension of microfinance service.
Altogether five NGOs are assisting in implementing the NERCORMP projects at different villages of Senapati district.
S Laijang village along NH-37 was the first stop of the joint inspection team.
There a barren, wasteland was being developed for integrated farming.
Ponds were being dug at soggy hill areas for composite farming including pisciculture, poultry and cultivation of seasonal crops.
S Laijang Natural Resource Management Group (NaRGM) member Seishat Haokip said that they have successfully transformed the barren land into a productive area for integrated farming.
Although several hurdles have been overcome, farming in the area is still not profitable enough.
The team then visited Bungte Khullen and Sadu Chiru villages located close to Bishnupur district.
Apart from a community water reservoir, low cost sanitary latrines are also being constructed at Bungte Khullen.
NaRGM Bungte Khullen secretary Zapithang Japui said that the village has undergone great changes since the project was launched.
Water woes have been reduced considerably and outbreak of communicable diseases due to lack of proper knowledge on sanitation has also come down remarkably.
Earlier, vegetables produced in the village particularly onion and ginger were taken up to Keinou by foot.
This is not the case any more as there is road connectivity up to the village these days, Zapithang said.
At Sadu Chiru, the team made spot assessment of the dairy farming programme being taken up there.