INTERNSHIP REPORT

WWF- India
Table of Contents
Acknowledgement .............................................................................................................................. 3
WWF-India at a glance ............................................................................................................................ 4
Mission .................................................................................................................................................... 4
Location: ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Key Definitions- ................................................................................................................................... 5
Organization Structure and Functioning:............................................................................................ 6
ORGANISATION APPROACH & GOALS ................................................................................................ 6
History ................................................................................................................................................. 6
Conservation interventions..................................................................................................................... 7
WWF-India's work in Terai Arc................................................................................................................ 7
1. Monitoring of wildlife and key corridors ................................................................................... 7
2. Capacity-building of frontline staff and infrastructure support to Forest Departments ......... 7
3. Reducing forest dependence ..................................................................................................... 7
4. Managing human-wildlife conflict ............................................................................................. 8
5. Policy and advocacy ................................................................................................................... 8
5. Raising awareness among local communities ........................................................................... 8
Introduction: ........................................................................................................................................... 8
About TAL:........................................................................................................................................... 9
Summary ............................................................................................................................................... 10
Methodology:........................................................................................................................................ 11
Village selection analysis: (*Source: WWF- India study) ..................................................................... 11
Methodology:.................................................................................................................................... 11
Cluster I villages: ............................................................................................................................... 12
Comparisons: ................................................................................................................................ 13
Cluster II Villages: .............................................................................................................................. 14
Comparisons: ................................................................................................................................ 15
Consolidated Report: ............................................................................................................................ 15
Nagariya Khurd Kala: ......................................................................................................................... 16
Impact assessment:....................................................................................................................... 17
Dhuriya Palia: .................................................................................................................................... 17
Energy Impact assessment:........................................................................................................... 19
Faijullaganj: ....................................................................................................................................... 19
Energy Impact assessment:........................................................................................................... 20
 Rajpur T. Maharajpur: ....................................................................................................................... 21
Energy Impact assessment:........................................................................................................... 22
Simra T. Maharajpur: ........................................................................................................................ 23
Energy Impact assessment:........................................................................................................... 24
Khirkiya Bargadiya:............................................................................................................................ 25
Navadiya T. Chatrapati: ..................................................................................................................... 26
Impact assessment:....................................................................................................................... 26
Analysis: ............................................................................................................................................ 28
Other Village Information’s: ............................................................................................................. 29
Observation- ......................................................................................................................................... 32
Recommendations and suggestions- .................................................................................................... 32
Conclusions: .................................................................................................................................. 33
 Date: 3rd October, 2016

Acknowledgement

We would like to thank Dr. A.K. Singh (Team Leader, TAL, WWF- India) Dr. Mudit Gupta
(Landscape Coordinator- TAL- Uttar Pradesh), Jishu Chakraborty (P.O. Communities, WWF-
India World Wide Fund for Nature - India for allowing us to undertake this study on the
“Assessing the Impacts on fuel wood consumption after energy intervention in the villages
of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve”. We especially thank Mr. Anil Srivastava (Senior Account Officer)
& Mr. Naresh Kumar (P.O. WWF – India) for arranging all the logistic & guiding in field
interventions during the internship. It has provided us immense opportunity to gain deeper
understanding of effects of forest resources on the dependence of the community &
importance of engagement of community members in conservations. We are also indebted
to the community members of whole operational area for their kind help and co-operation
during the study.

And last but not least, we are grateful to Dr. Dipankar Ghosh (Director, Species Division, WWF- India)
and Department of Social Work, Visva- Bharati for providing us such this great opportunity.

Md. Rayhan Siddik (MSW- 3rd Sem, Visva- Bharati)

Mr. Soura Bijoy Roy (MSW- 3rd Sem, Visva- Bharati)
WWF-India at a glance
“One family for a living planet”
In 1969 the Indian National Appeal was launched by former prime minister, Indira Gandhi
"Conservation succeeds only when the people adopt the movement as their own encouraging and
supporting government action. Voluntary organization can and should do much more to stimulate
public awareness.”
In the early 70s WWF-India led a very successful campaign to save the great Indian bustard.
WWF- India provided the seed grant for establishing the Madras Snake Park in 1971. In 1980, the Sea
Turtle Conservation Project was launched by WWF- India. In 1984, its recommendation to notify Buxa
in north Bengal as a Tiger Reserve was accepted. WWF- India has been involved in an advisory capacity
right from the inception of Project Tiger with several of its trustees – eminent conservationists in their
own right being on the Project Tiger Steering Committee, the Indian Board for Wildlife, and other
national apex bodies for wildlife conservation. Other campaigns have led to the establishment of the
Delhi Wildlife Sanctuary, Mansarovar Lake and Dodai Lake Sanctuaries, Balpakhram Sanctuary in
Meghalaya.
TRAFFIC India made notable contributions in the field of live bird trade, ivory, edible swiftlet nests,
sandalwood, shahtoosh, pangolin, musk, bear bile, tiger parts and rhino horn.
In the year 1987, the name changed to World Wide Fund for Nature-India. In 1989, the eminent
scientist Dr M. S. Swaminathan took over as the President. Community Biodiversity Conservation
Movement was launched. In 1989-90, the new Secretariat building – Pirojsha Godrej National
Conservation Centre was completed and the headquarters were shifted to Delhi. In 1991, WWF-India
adopted a New Mission Statement. The Hot Spots Programme began in the Western Ghats in 1992.
In 1993, the Hot Spots Conservation Programme began in the Eastern Himalayas. The National
Environmental Law Centre was established in 1993. WWF- India completed 25 years in 1994.

The Indira Gandhi Conservation and Monitoring Centre was dedicated to the nation. In the year 1995,
the Tiger Conservation Fund was launched. The Hot Spots Conservation Programme began in the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Over 30 million people in India participated in the 'Earth Hour 60'
campaign by switching off their lights and joining a billion people worldwide to raise their voice against
climate change. WWF-India re-introduced gharials into the River Ganges. WWF-India got the
corporates to disclose their carbon emissions with the Carbon Disclosure Report. The Indus dolphin
was rediscovered. WWF-India was instrumental in the first ever rhino translocation in Assam Vision
2020. WWF-India has been instrumental in the notification of Ramsar sites in India critical wetlands
went up from 6 to 25. WWF-India facilitated the setting up of the first Community Conservation Areas
in Arunachal Pradesh. It has also worked for the promotion of sustainable agriculture and reducing
water and pesticide inputs for thirsty crops.

Mission
Our mission is to build a future in which people live in harmony with nature. From our experience
as the world's leading independent conservation body, we know that the well-being of people,
wildlife and the environment are closely linked. That's why we take an integrated approach to our
work.
We're striving to safeguard the natural world, helping people live more sustainably and take
action against climate change. We spend a lot of time working with communities, with politicians
and with businesses to find solutions so people and nature can thrive.
Our projects are innovative, collaborative and based on scientific evidence. And we think big. We
run a number of Global initiatives focusing on the regions and challenges where we can make the
biggest difference - from the Arctic and the Amazon to responsible fishing.
To stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans
live in harmony with nature, by:

 conserving the world's biological diversity

 Ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable.

 Promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

Location:
The focus of work is mainly on the villages situated in the periphery of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve of Pilibhit
District, Puranpur block of Uttar Pradesh.

Key Definitions-
LANDSCAPE:
A landscape is a heterogeneous land area composed of a cluster of interacting stands (patches)
or ecosystems that are repeated in similar throughout (Foreman and Godran 1996). Landscapes
reflect the totality of physical ecological and geographical entities, integrating all natural and
human induced patterns and processes (Naveh, 1987). Landscapes are not merely structurally
unique in composition, function and spatial pattern, they are also dynamic [WWF 2002].
HABITAT:
Habitat (from the Latin for ‘it inhabits’) is the place where a particular species lives, and grows. It
is essentially the physical environment that surrounds (influences and is utilizes by) a species
population. It was originally defined as the physical conditions that surround a species, or species
population, or assemblages of species, or community (Clements and Shelford, 1939).Thus, it is
not just a species population that has a habitat, but an assemblage of many species, living
together in the same place that share a habitat.
CORRIDOR:
A lengthways strip of vegetation that provides a continuous, or near continuous pathway between
two habitats.
LINKAGE:
A habitat (not necessarily lengthways or continuous) that enhances the movement of animals, or
the continuity of ecological processes through the landscape.
WETLAND:
Rivers, streams, floodplains, variety of lakes (tals, chaurs, jheels, beels, sarovars), ponds, and
marshes are natural wetlands. Reservoirs, bundhas, canals, tanks etc are some of the man-made
wetlands.
Organization Structure and Functioning:
Administrative structure of the organisation:-

Board of Trustees

Executive Structure Non-Executive Structure

Secretariat (Secretary
State Advisory Board
General and CEO)

Directors of Non Programme Divisions

Programme Director & Operations, HR, Finance, Marketing,
Directors of Programme Divisions* Communications, Conservation Network
Affiliates, Conservation Alliance,
Human
Biodiversity Environmental Education etc.
Footprint

Other Programme Divisions

State/Divisional Offices
Traffic-India etc.
(State/Divisional Directors)

ORGANISATION APPROACH & GOALS

2050 BIODIVERSITY GOAL
By 2050, the integrity of the most outstanding natural places on Earth is conserved, contributing to a
more secure and sustainable future for all

2050 FOOTPRINT GOAL

By 2050, humanity’s global footprint stays within the Earth’s capacity to sustain life and the natural
resources of our planet are shared equitably

WWF has 2 approaches for conserving biodiversity

1. Conserving the Earth’s most outstanding places.

2. Conserving species that are particularly important for habitat or for people.

Strategically focusing efforts on global priority places and species will also help conserve the many
other species which share these habitats and/or are vulnerable to the same threats.

History
WWF-India: 40 years of Nature Conservation
World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-India) was founded with the express objective of ensuring
the conservation of the country's wildlife and natural habitats. It was set up as a Charitable Public
Trust on 27 November 1969. It was then known as the World Wildlife Fund-India, much before the
terms 'wildlife' and 'environment' had caught the attention of the government or the public.

WWF-India's modest beginnings entailed operating out of a limited office space at Horn Bill House in
Mumbai and very few full-time staff. The running of the office relied largely on the goodwill of the
close-knit group of its founders, and other associates who voluntarily contributed their time and
resources to the work of the organization. Throughout the seventies and eighties, WWF-India kept its
focus primarily on wildlife and nature conservation. It would be near impossible to list all its projects
and other activities in the field of wildlife.

Today, WWF-India is not only the country's largest voluntary body in the field of conservation, it has
also grown into a network with a countrywide presence, It has taken on diverse activities in the field
of nature protection – ranging from education and capacity-building, to field projects in biodiversity,
enviro-legal action, policy studies and advocacy, and even areas such as religion and conservation.

Conservation interventions

WWF-India's work in Terai Arc

1. Monitoring of wildlife and key corridors
WWF-India conducts camera trapping exercises in key wildlife corridors to assess the usage of
these corridors by wildlife, and thereby prove their functionality. The monitoring activities also
help in collecting baseline data for tigers, elephants and prey base in the forests. In 2011, our
camera-trapping work in the forests of Ramnagar Forest Division revealed the presence of 15
tigers per square kilometre, one of the highest densities ever found in any forest outside the
Protected Area Network.

2. Capacity-building of frontline staff and infrastructure support to Forest Departments

We conduct training activities and workshops for three focus areas – patrolling, human wildlife
conflict, and legal issues pertaining to conservation. A training need assessment was conducted
across all levels of the Forest Department to identify gaps in training, and based on the results,
training modules were developed which will be included in the training system of the department.
Alongside, workshops for staff at all levels are conducted, covering a wide range of subjects such
as legal aspects and anti-poaching issues, crime control, forensic and wildlife management, better
and more efficient patrolling methods, anti-poaching combat techniques, as well as monitoring
tigers and use of new technology like global positioning systems (GPS).

The Forest Department is provided with strategic and timely infrastructural support such as
patrolling vehicles, field kits, metal detectors, LED torches, GPS, walkie-talkies to supplement the
protection regime. We also assist the Forest Department in developing a well informed and
connected informer network which has successfully helped in conducting seizures and arrests in
time.

3. Reducing forest dependence

WWF-India is working in villages in four wildlife corridors to reduce their dependence on forest
resources such as fuel wood. These villages have been introduced to alternate sources of energy
such as biogas, LPG and use of fuel efficient chulhas (stoves). To reduce open grazing of cattle,
and complement the biogas initiative, villagers are encouraged to stall feed their cattle, which
helps in the collection of dung, used in the biogas unit and also reduces grazing pressure in the
forest as well as lifting of cattle by tigers. WWF-India has not only provided those LPGs and FECs
but also motivate them to use those and also doing monitoring of those households on regular
basis. On 1st week of October on the occasion of Wildlife Week WWF-India use to organize rally
with the school children to aware the communities as well as the children about the importance
of ecological balance and conservation of wild life. It is a holistic approach to aware the
communities by awarding the children.

4. Managing human-wildlife conflict

In order to control retaliatory killing, victims of cattle lifting are provided with immediate interim
relief in the form of monetary compensation due to tiger attacks, which helps the victims in
covering their loss in the time taken for the compensation from the Government or Forest
Department to reach. This model has been very effective in this landscape, and in the past three
years, there have been no retaliatory killings of tigers. WWF-India also monitors the livestock
carcass through camera traps, the results of which ensure no carcass is poisoned, and also help
to map areas with increased conflict. Anti-Depredation Squads have been created in some villages
which are trained to drive away wild elephant herds raiding their crops and fields to manage
human-elephant conflict. Long-term solutions include construction of a 4km long solar fence in
the Ramnagar Forest Division.

5. Policy and advocacy

WWF-India works towards promoting broad-based support for conservation by involving the
Forest Department, local political leaders and communities. Using the results of our scientific
research and studies in the area, WWF-India advocates for the adoption of policies favorable to
conservation measures, and in many cases stopping developmental activities that would have an
irreversible negative impact on the habitat and its wildlife. WWF-India’s efforts have resulted in
the construction of smart infrastructure in the area, which includes construction of underpasses
along with roads for wildlife to pass through unharmed. WWF-India assists the Forest Department
in developing management plans that include components of corridor conservation, which is a
key conservation requirement for this landscape.

5. Raising awareness among local communities

WWF-India conducts regular educational programmes for school children as well as members of
the local communities, informing them about the importance of wildlife and forests, educating
them about the wildlife supported by the forests, the important role they can play in
conservation, as well as living in harmony with wildlife

Introduction:
Pilibhit Forest Division holds a unique position in the roster of wildlife areas of India. The findings of
recent studies (Chanchani et al., 2011, Bista 2011) suggest that tiger and prey populations in Pilibhit
FD may be among the most significant in a large span of the Terai Arc Landscape of India, (the section
for forests that lies between Corbett Tiger reserve in the West and Valmiki Tiger Reserve in the East).
While prominent tiger reserves such as Corbett, Kanha and Kaziranga are well recognized for being
important tiger habitats and serve as prominent conservation sites for large mammals, Reserve
Forests such as Pilibhit Forest Division (PFD) receive considerably less conservation attention.
Typically, wildlife in such sites is often a secondary concern, relative to forest management for timber
production, as is evidenced by departmental working plans and other statutory documents that
determine how such areas are administered and managed. Although Pilibhit has long been known to
harbour a population of tigers, it has also long served as a valuable forest for sal (Shorea robusta)
timber (Strahorn, 2009). Aside from being a Reserve Forest with high wildlife values (Johnsingh et al.,
2004), other factors also make Pilibhit unique. Notably, its geographical location and proximity to
other forests makes this region crucial for the conservation of tigers and other large mammals in the
terai regions of Nepal and Terai. In a sense, Pilibhit is an important ‘node’ that connects a vast span of
tiger habitat in India and Nepal. Pilibhit Forest Division abuts the forests of Surai Range (Terai East
Forest Division) to the North. The Surai forests are tenuously connected with the Nandhour forests
(Haldwani Forest Division), which comprises a large block of tiger habitat (~1500 km2), or larger if one
considers the boundaries shared with Bhramadev and vast areas in the Churia Hills of Nepal that lie
across the Sharada River. To the South, PFD shares a boundary with Bhira Range of South Kheri Forest
Division (SKFD) and Khutar Range of Shahjahanpur Forest Division. These forests share boundaries
with Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary, which is flanked to the south by Bhira, Mailani, Mohammadi and
Gola Ranges of SKFD.
In 2003 program was initiated by WWF-India named as “Terai arc Landscape”, which covers area from
Rajaji Nation park to Valmiki Tiger Reserve area. Stretching for over 1500 Km TAL straddles across two
countries–India and Nepal and includes 14 Protected Areas (PAs). In India, TAL lies in three states of
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. It comprises of 7 Protected Areas, mostly Tiger Reserves.
Biologist of WWF-India discover the new corridor which starts from Shuklan Phanta Wild life
sanctuary(Nepal) to Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary(India) via Laga Bhaga area, which is rich In flora And
fauna. In Pilibhit establishment of WWF-India take place on January 2003 under Dr. Harish Guleria.
Under this program TAL Uttar Pradesh and Tal Uttrakhand was divided and work took place in two
segments in both area i.e. one segment of team work for people who lives near the forest area, as
campaign was organize primary for villages near the corridor area and another segment of team work
on type of flora and fauna present in this forest area by counting the species and their variety and
report was submitted to forest department, In those day Pilibhit Forest department was not aware of
the wildlife species present in this area and no steps were taken by them in protection of wild life.
WWF- India starts a fresh approach to protect wild life of Pilibhit and development of Forest staff by
training them and providing them with Logistic support. In 2010 a revolutionary step was taken by
WWF-India by providing camera trap techniques to forest department to monitor Tiger count
technically and with help of this technique variety of different other animals was also captured. And
as a positive result the Tiger count was 40. WWF-India works equally for forest department as well as
for villagers.

About TAL:
It comprises the Himalayan foothills, terai flood plains and the bhabar tracts. The total area of the
landscape is about 49,500 sq. km of which 30,000 sq. km lies in India including in the states of
Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. There are nine Protected Areas in TAL-India that conserve under their
umbrella three terrestrial flagship species - tiger, Asian elephant and the Indian rhinoceros, of the
five.
The TAL represents one of the densest populations of tiger in the world. Some of the PAs are isolated
refuges and do not currently provide the connectivity required for key wildlife species to maintain
their natural ecology and behavior as well as for important ecosystem processes to be sustained. The
biological vision for the TAL program therefore is to restore habitat connectivity and maintain the
existing corridors in this landscape.

*Source: WWF- India

Summary
A study has been conducted in 15 villages situated in the fringes of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve of Pilibhit
district of Uttar Pradesh regarding the assessment of resource dependency in the areas after energy
interventions of WWF- India. WWF- India has provided alternate energy options to the villagers of
seven villages in a sharing basics (LPG, Fuel efficient Chullah) the study aimed at the impacts of the
support provided.
Along with this the study also focused on the existing institutional setup of the particular villages,
along with its relations with other institutions in different levels of district & state administrations.
Altotal 243 households has been surveyed in which 182 households are having LPG connections & rest
of the 61 households are having Fuel Efficient Chullahs. The families are provided an amount of fuel
wood & bio mass and monitored the use of the particular in the next day.
In institutional mapping different PRA methodologies has been implemented with the villagers for
getting an idea about the existing institutions along with potentials for new institutions in a particular
village community.
The assignment mainly includes the following:
 Assist project officer ‘communities’ (PO) in assessing dependency of local communities towards
forest resource after WWF-India’s intervention in and around Pilibhit Tiger Reserve.
 Doing field survey and community interaction for getting a qualitative and quantitative data.
 Developing an insight of other community related interventions of WWF-India in and around
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve.
 Understanding the mission and vision of the organization along with the organization’s structure
and functioning.
Methodology:
In order to meet the purpose of the study, the tools of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) were used.
The tools of Social Mapping, Focused Group Discussions (FGD), Individual Interviews, Relationship
mapping, sight survey, etc. were used to extract information about the village, the dependency on
the foresee area and other related information regarding the study. Different exercises were
conducted in order to obtain information from the villagers. The major tools used are mentioned:
 Individual Interview

 Sight Survey

 Focused Group Discussion

 Social Mapping

Village selection analysis: (*Source: WWF- India study)

The dependency on the forest resources of the community and rate of conflict (crop damage, livestock
depredation etc.) are high so the villages which comes under Tatarganj corridor has been taken into
consideration.
Tatarganj corridor mainly distributed in between two countries i.e. Nepal & India. It contributes in two
forest divisions; they are Pilibhit Tiger Reserve & North kheri Forest Division and all total distributed
in three different ranges Barhai Range & Haripur Range respectively of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve &
Sampoornagar Range of North Kheri Forest Division, this patch represents high quality habitat for
tigers and a number of ungulates in the form of grasslands and successional riparian forests. However,
there is enormous human pressure on this relatively small forest patch by way of buffalo grazing, high
human use for fuel-wood and grass, and hunting by local Communities (Johnsingh et al., 2004).
The analysis mainly targeted the villages which comes under Barhai range of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, as
appearances of the villages in the selected parameters (mentioned in methodology part) are high.
Along with this the villages which are situated under Sampurna nagar rage also have a similar rate of
appearances, but approach of the villages in this range (Sampurna Nagar) is difficult and during the
monsoons the areas remains inaccessible. So the villages of intervention has been selected from the
villages which comes under Barhai range of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve.
Among the twenty villages of Barhai range the villages which have the greater number of appearances
in all the given parameters have selected for analysing and finalising. All total 12 villages has been
identified based on the maximum numbers of appearances which has been divided in two clusters.
The Cluster I villages comprises of Pachpera, Rajpur T. Maharajpur, Simra T. Maharajpur, Katakwara,
Mainiguleriya & Faijullaganj and the Cluste II villages comprises of Ramnagra, Dhuriya Paliya, Dhakiya
T. Maharajpur, Nagariya Khurd kalan, Bhoora Gorakh Dibbi, Sellah, Matiyalalpur& Puraina T.
Maharajpur. All of these mentioned villages are situated in the forest area of Tatarganj corridor.

Methodology:
The feasibility assessment data of the selected villages of cluster I & II are been analysed, the
methodology which is been adopted in the entire process of data analysis of the mentioned is based
on following parameters mentioned below:
Percentage of crop damage.
Households affected in Livestock depredation (last 3 years)
Households affected in human deaths (last 3 years)
 Requirement of fodder per month.
Requirement of fuel wood per month.
Requirement of Thatch grass per month.

Cluster I villages:

Figure 1: The red and yellow dots represent the villages of cluster-I, Yellow dotted villages are the three selected villages
of this cluster.
So from the above mentioned parameters the villages are been prioritised is based on their
appearance in it.

No. of apperances
No. of apperances of the villages

5 5
4 4

2
1

Simra T. Faizula Ganj Rajpur Pachpera Maine Gulheria Katakwara

Maharajpur

In the analysis village Simra T. Maharajpur & Faijullaganj appeared most among the all six villages of
this cluster in the six parameters fixed. There is tie between Rajpur T. Maharajpur & Pachpera. So in
this case the third village is been selected by comparing the statistics of the set parameters. The
comparison is given below in regard to different parameters:
Comparisons:

Comparision between Two tide villages

500.18

Requirement of fodder per

354.36
month (in Ton)
Requirement of fuel wood per
month (in Ton)
Requirement of thatch grass per
85.1 month (in Ton)
60.75

Pachpera Rajpur T. Maaharajpur

80 75
70
70
60
% of Crop Damage
50
40 No. of HHs affected in last 3
years - Livestock Depredation
30
No. of HHs affected in last 3
20 years - Human Death/ Injury
10
0
Rajpur T. Maharajpur Pachpera

In this comparison the percentage of crop damage & livestock depredation is high in Rajpur T.
Maharajpur village in regard to Pachpera village. On case of human deaths are there in both two
villages. In the another chart the fuel wood consumption rate is higher in Pachpera village, but Rajpur
T. Maharajapur has more consumption of fodder and thatch grass in regard to Pachpera village, so in
this comparison Rajpur T. Maharajpur get priority for getting selected.
So the final selected villages are:
 Simra T. Maharajpur.
 Faijullaganj.
 Rajpur T. Maharajpur.
Cluster II Villages:

Figure 2: The red and yellow dots represent the villages of cluster-II, white dotted villages are the three selected villages
of this cluster.
As per comparing in the selected parameters the numbers of appearances are mentioned below in
the chart;

No. of apperances
No. of apperances of the villages

4 4
3 3
2 2 2
1

Ramnagra Dhuria Dhakkia T. Nagaria Bhura Saila Matialalpur Puraina T.

Maharajpur Khuradkalan Gorakh Dibi Maharajpur

As per the chart the number of appearance of Dhakiya T. Maharajpur & Nagariya Khurd Kala is the
highest in the mentioned parameters, Puraina T. Maharajpur has the lowest number of appearance in
the set parameters. In the analysis there is a tie between Ramnagra & Dhuriya Paliya. So a comparison
is been done between this two tied villages, which is detailed below:
Comparisons:
80
71.11111111
70
60
% of Crop Damage
50
40 No. of HHs affected in last 3 years
- Livestock Depredation
30 25
No. of HHs affected in last 3 years
20 - Human Death/ Injury
8
10 5
0
Dhuria Ramnagra

Comparision between Two tide villages

473.85

Requirement of fodder per

month (in Ton)
Requirement of fuel wood per
187.5 month (in Ton)
Requirement of thatch grass per
61 76 month (in Ton)
34
8.44

Dhuria Paliya Ramnagra

In the above comparison the issues of crop damage, livestock depredation and consumption of fodder
is high in the Dhuriya Paliya in comparison to Ramnagra village. Whereas the consumption of thatch
grass and fuel wood is high in Ramnagra village in regard to Dhuriya Palia. The issues of human deaths
/ injuries are not ben recorded in this two tied villages, so in this cluster the analysis is done on the
basis of five parameters. So Dhuriya Paliya is been prioritised as the third village, as the statistics in
three parameters is coming high.
So the three selected villages are;
 Nagariya Khurd Kala.
 Dhakiya T. Maharajpur.
 Dhuriya Paliya.

Consolidated Report:
The study for energy impact has been conducted in seven priority sites of WWF- India which are
 Nagariya Khurd kala
 Dhakiya T. Maharajpur
 Dhuriya Palia
 Simra T. Maharajpur
 Rajpur T. Maharajpur
  Faijullaganj
 Khirkiya Bargadiya
 Navadiya Tanda Chatrapati (Data collection of Pilots)

The institutional mapping has been conducted for the mentioned villages:

 Nagariya Khurd kala

 Dhakiya T. Maharajpur
 Dhuriya Palia
 Simra T. Maharajpur
 Rajpur T. Maharajpur
 Faijullaganj
 Khirkiya Bargadiya
 Navadiya Tanda Chatrapati
 Bhoondibur
 Naujaliya
 Dhakka Chant, Grant no. 21
 Maini Guleriya
 Ramnagra
 Gabaiasarai

WWF- India has provided different alternative energy models to the villagers of the selected villages
in the year of 2016-2016. The support has been provided in a sharing basis, for LPG the security money
has been provided as subsidy & for Fuel efficient Units 90% of the total cost of a single units has been
provided as subsidy to the selected households.
The criteria has been framed for selection of the beneficiaries is based on the higher rate of fuel wood
consumption by the families or households along with a moderate income group has been identified
for the LPG connection as for sustainability of the particular support regular use and refilling is been
needed by the particular household. In case of Fuel Efficient Chullas (FEC) the families of households
with higher fuel wood consumption rate along with an inadequate income groups has been identified
as priorities for intervention.
All total 243 households has been surveyed regarding accessing their current fuel wood consumption
rate, among 258 households. In these remaining households the members are not present during the
study so it has been left for the next round of impact assessment.
WWF- India has conducted a baseline for every project villages from where the data of the fuel wood
consumption before providing the support has been incorporated. The village wise details are been
mentioned below:

Nagariya Khurd Kala:

Nagariya Khurd Kala is a revenue village situated in the banks of Sharda which is almost 30 Km from
Puranpur block & almost 500 meter of distance from the protected area. The villagers mostly
dependent on agriculture, wage labor, fishery for livelihood. There are all total 450 households in the
village with a population of 7000. The dominant community of the village is Bengalis who are mostly
migrated from Bangladesh during partition. The young youths used to get migrated to nearby towns
for wage labor & other options for income generations. 80% Villagers mostly uses fuel wood for
cooking and space hating purposes.
The village at present have no village level institutions earlier one SHG was functional in the village,
but due to internal conflict the SHG cannot get sustained. Along with this the villagers are also not
willing for further community based institutions within their village.
PRA Details:

Impact assessment:
In this particular village all total 29 families has been supported with subsidised LPG connections,
during the study the families has been provided a particular amount of fuel wood & bio mass sticks
separately for use in cooking purposes and monitored the same in the next day. It has been observed
all total 20 families among the 29 are fully adapted the use of LPG as they don’t consumed the fuel
wood provided which is been provided to them. Earlier these 20 households have a monthly fuel wood
requirement of 3850 Kg with an average of 192.5 Kg per month per household, now which has been
reduced totally and converted into LPG.
The remaining 9 households’ previous monthly fuel wood consumption was 2010 Kg with an average
of 223.33 Kg of fuel wood which in present came down at 1320 Kg per month with an average of
146.66 Kg per month per households. These families has reduced their fuel wood requirement up to
34.32 %. The previous fuel wood consumption rate per individual is 45.16 Kg per month which reduced
to 30.25 Kg per month per individual.

Fuel Wood Consumption Comparision

350

300

250

200

150

100

50

0
Asha Sarkar
Kali Sarkar

Kabita Rana

Parmila Sarkar

Bipul Kumar Roy

Ajit Biswas
Sapna Mondal
Panchi Sarkar

Bimal Roy

Balram Mondal

Mangol Baidya

Eat Singh
Suchitra Sarkar
Sabitri Sarkar

Amal Mistri

Deepu Gayen

Biswajit Das
Anima Mazumdar

Biswanath Sarkar
Bidhan Barui

Haripad Sarkar

Anandi Mondal
Biswanath Mondal
Laxmi Mazumdar
Sapna Mallick

Usha Halder
Santosh Kumar
Mitra Biswas

Subrat Biswas

Previous monthly Consumption (Unit in Kg)

Present Monthly Consumption (Unit in Kg)

2 per. Mov. Avg. (Previous monthly Consumption (Unit in Kg))

2 per. Mov. Avg. (Present Monthly Consumption (Unit in Kg))

Dhuriya Palia:
Dhuriya Palia is a revenue village situated at a distance of 35 Km from Puranpur block of Pilibhit district,
and the protected area is situated within a distance of 500 meters from the protected area. The village
is distributed in two main hamlets one is Dhuriya and
another is Palia. All total 191 households are there in
this village, the total population of the village 1000.
The type of community is mixed in the villages
consisted of migrated Bengalis, Sikhs & Purbiyas. The
household composition is scattered in nature.
The major occupation is agriculture along with it
villagers dependent on wage labor & agriculture labor.
The villagers mostly dependent on fuel wood for
cooking & space heating purposes which is been
mostly collected from forest & agriculture lands.
The village has one village level organization which was initiated in 2009 with 12 men & 2 women and
started working as SHG where they initiated basic inter lending but due to internal conflict & lack of
transparency the SHG cannot get sustained, now after the focused group discussion the villagers get
ready for forming a village level institution which will mainly help them to decentralize the
technologies & ideas within the village and also help the villagers to develop particular set of skills
which would be developed by different other organizations.
PRA Details:
New group details:
 Rambilas
 Ajit
 Ramesh
 Rabindra
 Khokon
 Rita
 Malia
 Jagadish
 Arvind
 Ananda
 Shailen
 Utpol
 Pratima
 Krishna Roy
Energy Impact assessment:
Seven households were provided
LPG in this particular village, the Fuel Wood Consumption Comparision
methodology was same for (LPG)
prioritizing the beneficiaries, among
the 7 households the 6 households 500
has totally adapted for major & 400
minor cooking. Only one house hold 300
is dependent on traditional challah 200
for major & minor cooking. The 100
previous monthly consumption of 0
this particular family is 450 Kg per Manjeet Sadhu Balvant Milan mahanga Bhola sakattar
month which after LPG introduction kaur singh singh viswas singh singh singh

has been reduced into 135 Kg per

month which is almost 30% of the
Previous fuelwood consumption monthly
previous one, the family has reduced
Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg)
its fuel wood consumption almost by 2 per. Mov. Avg. (Previous fuelwood consumption monthly)
70% in a month. 2 per. Mov. Avg. (Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg))

10 families has been facilitated with Pyro mini two pan cook stove which is a fuel efficient unit for the
families with higher fuel wood consumption rate and a lesser rate of income in comparisons to the
other household of the village.
Earlier these selected 10 families
Fuel Wood Consumption Comparision (FEC)
used to consume 3590 Kg of fuel
wood per month, after the
interventions of FEC units with this 600
households the consumption rate
reduced 2154 Kg per month which is 400
60% of the previous one, generally
we can say after the intervention the 200
families has reduced the fuel wood
0
usage up to 40%.
The previous fuel wood
consumption rate is 88.7 Kg per
individual per month which has been
Previous fuelwood consumption monthly
reduced to 56.58 Kg of fuel wood per Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg)
individual per month. 2 per. Mov. Avg. (Previous fuelwood consumption monthly)
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg))

Faijullaganj:
Faijullaganj is a revenue village under Mainiguleriya gram panchayat situated at a distance of 23 Km
from Puranpur block of Pilibhit district & 500 meter to 1km from the protected area. There are 200
households with a total population of 2500. The villagers are mostly dependent on agriculture & wage
labor for livelihood. The villagers are mostly dependent on fuel wood for space heating & cooking
purposes. The fuel wood are mostly collected from agricultural fields & adjutant forest areas. The
village has no community based organization and neither the villagers are inserted in formation of any
community based institutions.
PRA Details:

Energy Impact assessment:

In this village all total 5 households have been provided subsidised LPG connection. The methodology
for selection of the beneficiaries’ along with the monitoring is same as like the other villages. Earlier
the selected households consume
total 1210 Kg of fuel wood, after Fuel Wood Consumption Comparision (LPG)
the introduction of LPG the
monthly consumption rate has
400
been reduced 360 Kg, 3
households has been totally 350
converted in LPG for their major & 300
minor cooking along with the two 250
households are still dependent on 200
their traditional units but the 150
consumption rate has been
100
reduced. The selected five
50
households have been reduced
their fuel wood requirement up to 0

70.24 % of their total energy

required earlier.
Earlier these two families used to
consume 660 Kg of fuel wood with
an average of 330 Kg per month
per households, after introduction Previous fuelwood consumption monthly
of LPG the consumption has been Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg)
reduced to total 360 Kg with an 2 per. Mov. Avg. (Previous fuelwood consumption monthly)
average of 180 Kg of fuel wood per 2 per. Mov. Avg. (Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg))
household per month.
20 families has been provided Teri’s designed SPFM_0414 Fuel Efficient Chullah (FEC) who are mostly
belong from poorer economic condition and cannot afford LPG’s regular refiling. The selected families

Fuel Wood Consumption Comparision (FEC)

600
500
400
300
200
100
0

Previous fuelwood consumption monthly

Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg)
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Previous fuelwood consumption monthly)
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg))
has an total monthly consumption of 5420 Kg of fuel wood per month with an average of 271 Kg of
fuel wood per family per month, which has been reduced to 4860 Kg per month with an average of
243 Kg per month per households which is almost 89.66% of the previous one i.e. the families has
reduced their consumption up to 10.33 % in regard to the previous one. Earlier the fuel wood
consumption rate was 45.29 Kg per individual per month which has been reduced to 40.23 Kg of fuel
wood per individual per month.

Rajpur T. Maharajpur:
Rajpur T. Maharajpur is revenue village situated in a distance of 20 Km from Puranpur block of Pilibhit
district. The community is mainly mixed in Nature and the distribution of the households are linier in
nature. The villagers mainly depend on Agriculture, wage labour for livelihood, youth of the village
used to get migrated in nearby cities of Uttar Pradesh & Uttrakhand in search of income. The total
household of the village is 238 with a population of 1156.
Earlier some other agency has initiated the villagers for village level institutions, the villagers opted
for it & lately realised the agency is fraud and all their saving has been stolen by the agency, now the
village do not have any village level institution and they are not interested in forming of any
community based organisation in the village.
Energy Impact assessment:
In this village 10 families has been
Fuel Wood Consumption Comparision (LPG)
provided LPG connections who are 800
opted for it along with matched the
criteria set by the organisation. 600
These families previously have a
400
total consumption of 4210 Kg of fuel
wood with an average of 421 Kg per
200
month per household, after
intervening with these families with 0
LPG the consumption rate has been
reduced to 2280 Kg per month with
an average of 228 Kg / month, i.e.
almost 54.15 % of the previous Previous fuelwood consumption monthly
consumption. The selected Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg)
households reduced their energy 2 per. Mov. Avg. (Previous fuelwood consumption monthly)
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg))
requirements up to 45.84 %.

16 families in this villages has been provided FEC of Teri who are mainly from lower economic group.
These families are mainly dependent on their traditional stoves for cooking purposes. Villagers’ uses
heavy logs of wood in this units which effects more consumption of fuel wood than it required.
Previously the selected families monthly fuel wood consumption was 6410Kg per month with an
average of 400.6 Kg per family per month, after the intervention of FEC the consumption has been
reduced to 5214 Kg in a month for the total selected families which in an average 325.8 Kg per month
per household i.e. almost 81.34 % of the previous requirements. The families reduced their
consumption up to 18.6 % per month for fuel wood.
 Fuel Wood Consumption Comparision (FEC)
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0

Previous fuelwood consumption monthly

Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg)
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Previous fuelwood consumption monthly)
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg))

Simra T. Maharajpur:
Simra T.Maharajpur is a revenue village situated in Puranpur block of Pilibhit district. It is about 18
Km. from Puranpur and 2km from protected areas. This village is basically mixed in nature and housing
pattern is linier. Agriculture, wage labour and agriculture labour is the main source of income of
villagers, they also use to get migrated in nearby cities from income source. The total household of
the village is 167 and the total population is 900. The villagers mostly dependent on fuel wood for
cooking purposes. The source of fuel wood is mainly the agriculture fields & nearby forest areas.

In this village a women SHG group was functional, it was started in 2014 and it was mainly engaged in
internal saving & lending, the malfunctioning regarding the irregular repayment rate and
documentation, influence of outsiders also impact the functioning the group and which led the
members to discontinue the
group.
After conducting the PRA
exercises about the
importance of basic
community based
organisation some interested
villagers came forward
towards a common goal for
working together in the fields
of agriculture development &
livelihood generation
programmes through different
govt. schemes. The
importance of being in an
associations has been cleared, regarding the decentralisation of the information sharing has been
shared with the villagers. The PRA methodologies has been used is Focused Group Discussions (FGD).
The name of the willing villagers who want to form a SHG are:
 Arvind Yadav
 Prem Raj
 Dhramender
 Akash
 Mohanlal
 Sanju Yadav
 Suresh
 Vishnu Yadav
 Guddu Yadav
 Akash Yadav

Energy Impact assessment:

In this village all total 21 families has been supported with subsidized LPG connections in regard to the
interests of the villages along with the criteria of higher fuel wood consumption rates with moderate
income groups. These families previously have a total consumption of 4660 Kg per month with an
average of 221.9 Kg of fuel wood per month per family, after intervention which reduced at total 2415

Fuel Wood Consumption Comparision (LPG)

450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0

Previous fuelwood consumption monthly

Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg)
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Previous fuelwood consumption monthly)
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg))

Kg per month with an average of 115 Kg per family per month i.e. almost 51.8 % of the total fuel wood
consumed earlier. 48% energy requirements has been reduced by the selected families having LPG
connections.
11 families has totally converted in to LPD and adapted its uses for major & minor cooking purposes,
those who earlier had a total monthly consumption of 2350 Kg with an average of 213 Kg per family
per month.
In this village all total 7 families has been supported with Teri FEC units from poorer income groups,
these families earlier have a monthly fuel wood consumption of 1010 Kg with an average of 202 Kg
per family per month, after intervention the consumption has been increased to 1215 Kg with an
average of 243 Kg / family per month the rate has been increased in this case after intervening.
*Note: The respondents were not present in the village during the exercise, along with some
households didn’t used single amount of fuel wood due to social engagements in the neighbours, so
the comparison is justified in this case. All the households will be revisited then the final consumption
rate details can be calculated.

Khirkiya Bargadiya:

Khirkiya Bargadiya is also a revenue village situated in Puranpur block of Pilibhit district, the dominant
community in this village is Bengali along with some residents of Purvanchal, a very lesser Sikh
population is also present in the village. The housing context is linier. The total households &
population of this village is 250 & 1300 respectively. The villagers mostly dependent in agriculture,

Fuel Wood Consumption Comparision (LPG)

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

Previous fuelwood consumption monthly

Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg)
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Previous fuelwood consumption monthly)
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Present Monthly Consumption (unit in Kg))
shop keeping, wage labour for income generation. The villagers are mainly dependent in fuel wood
for cooking purposes. Initially WWF- India has started intervening in energy aspects but revising the
study the priority has been diverted to other villages. As WWF has started intervening in this village
so it had continued its support in this village only for subsidized LPG connections.
Total 53 families has been provided the LPG as an alternative option for energy requirements. These
households have a previous monthly consumption of 15740 Kg with an average of 296.98 Kg of fuel
wood, after intervening in this area the monthly fuel wood consumption rate has been reduced to
5640 Kg with an average of 106.4 Kg per family per month. The current fuel wood consumption is
almost 35.8 % of the previous requirement i.e. the selected families jointly reduced the fuel wood
consumption
up to 64.16% in
general.
34 families has
been totally
shifted in LPG
and adapted it,
earlier these
34 families had
a total
consumption
of 8180 Kg with
an average of
240.5 Kg per family per month which at present turned into nill. FEC intervention has not been initiated
here.

Navadiya T. Chatrapati:
Navadiya T. Chatrapati Kala is a revenue village which is almost 8 Km from Puranpur block & almost 1
km of distance from the protected area. The villagers are mostly dependent on agriculture, wage
labor, for livelihood. There are all total 415 households in the village with a population of 2564. The
dominant community of the village is from basically native of UP. The young youths used to get
migrated to nearby towns for wage labor & other options for income generations. 80% Villagers mostly
uses fuel wood for cooking and space hating purposes.
The village at present have no village level institutions earlier one SHG was functional in the village,
but due to internal conflict the SHG cannot get sustained. Along with this the villagers are also not
willing for further community based institutions within their village.
PRA Details:

Impact assessment:
In this village total 10 households has been
piloted with Pyro mini two pan cook stove, with
different chimney models like brick, metalled,
chimney with water jackets. These families
previously has a total monthly fuel wood
consumption of 3560 Kg per month with an
average of 356 Kg per month per family which has
been reduced to 2025 Kg with an average of
202.5 Kg per family per month i.e. almost 56.88
% of the pervious fuel wood requirement.
 800

700

600
Previous consumption
500 monthly(unit in kg)

400 Present consumption

monthly(unit in kg)
300
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Previous
200
consumption monthly(unit in
kg))
100
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Present
0 consumption monthly(unit in
kg))

Dhakiya:
Dhakiya is a revenue village situated in the banks
of Sharda which is almost 30 Km from Puranpur
block & almost 500 meter of distance from the
protected area. The villagers are mostly
dependent on agriculture, wage labor, fishery for
livelihood. There are all total 300 households in
the village with a population of 2250. The
dominant community of the village is Bengalis who
are mostly migrated from Bangladesh during
partition. The young youths used to get migrated
to nearby towns for wage labor & other options for
income generations. 80% Villagers mostly uses fuel
wood for cooking and space hating purposes.
The village at present have no village level
institutions earlier one SHG was functional in the
village, but due to internal conflict the SHG cannot
get sustained. Along with this the villagers are also
not willing for further community based institutions within their village.
Impact assessment:
In this particular village all total 23 families has been supported with subsidised LPG connections,
during the study the families has been provided a particular amount of fuel wood & bio mass sticks
separately for use in cooking purposes and monitored the same in the next day. It has been observed
all total 19 families among the 23 are fully adapted the use of LPG as they don’t consumed the fuel
wood provided which is been provided to them. Earlier these 19 households have a monthly fuel wood
requirement of 5180 Kg with an average of 272.631 Kg per month per household, now which has been
450
400
350 Previous monthly
300 consumption(unit in kg)

250
Presently monthly
200 consumption(unit in kg)
150
100 2 per. Mov. Avg. (Previous
monthly consumption(unit in
50 kg))
0 2 per. Mov. Avg. (Presently
monthly consumption(unit in
kg))

reduced totally and converted into LPG.

The remaining 4 households’ previous monthly fuel wood consumption was 1400 Kg with an average
of 350 Kg of fuel wood which in present came down at 615 Kg per month with an average of 153.75Kg
per month per households. These families have reduced their fuel wood requirement up to 56.071 %.
The previous fuel wood consumption rate per individual is 286.08 Kg per month which reduced to
26.73 Kg per month per individual in general.

Analysis:
LPG has impacted the fuel wood consumption rate in higher aspect in comparison to the different FEC
units. The analysis is been shown graphically:
 450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Nagariya Dhuriya Palia Faijullaganj Dhakiya Rajpur T. Navadiya T. Simra T. Khirkiya
Khurd kala Maharajpur Chatrapati Maharajpur Bargadiya

Previous Average Monthly Consumption (in Kg)

Current Average Monthly Consumption (in Kg)
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Previous Average Monthly Consumption (in Kg))
2 per. Mov. Avg. (Current Average Monthly Consumption (in Kg))

Other Village Information’s:

Maini Guleriya:
Maini Guleriya is a revenue village which is situated near
Maini Forest Chowki and 500 meter away from protected
area. This village is approximately 20 km away from
Puranpur Block. The villagers are dependent on agriculture
and wage labour for their livelihood. The dominant
community in the village is Panjabi who is migrated from
Punjab. There
are 125
households
and 1600 population in the village. 70% of the population
use fuel wood for cooking and space heating purpose.
There is an active SHG in the village with the collaboration
of WWF-India. They are going to establish a pant on tiles
to reduce the dependency on Thresh grass. This is one of
the successful SHGs intervened by WWF-India Pilibhit.
Gabia Sarai:
The village is cinsist of two Moujas Gabia and
Kanjasinghpur which is located beside the Sarda
Sagar Resivour and 34 km away from Puranpur
Block. It is 0.5 km away from the protected area. The
main occupation of villagers is agriculture, wage
labour, and fishery. The dominant community of the
village is Bengali who is migrated from Bangladesh
during the participation. There are 447 households
and population 2247 population in the village. Near
about 50% of the population use fuel wood for
cooking and space heating purpose.
There are no present SHGs in the village and the villagers are not willing to establish any further village
level institutions in their village.

Dhakka Chant (Grant no. 21:

The village is situated near Dhakka Forest Chowki
and just beside the protected area. This is mainly a
mixed village living Hindu, Muslim and Sikh in the
village. The village is 22 km far from Puranpur Block.
There are 1100 households and 8550 population in
the village. 80% of the total population use fuel
wood for cooking and space heating purpose.
There are no present village level institutions in the
village and people are not interested to form any
such institution within their village.

Ramnagra:
Ramnagra is a revenue village located near
the Sarda Sagar Resivour. This village is 32 km
away from Puranpur Block and almost
400meter of distance from protected area.
The villagers are mostly dependent on
agriculture, daily labour and fishery for their
livelihood. The dominant community in the
village is migrated Bengali who came from
Bangladesh during the participation in the
year of 1971. There are 240households and
near about 2500 population in the village.
Mostly 60% of the population use fuel wood
for cooking and space heating purpose. Approximately 25% of the population use to migrate to other
places in search of livelihood.
There is an active SHG present in the village named Mahavir Swayam Sahayata Samuah. The SHG was
started on 02-11-2007 in collaboration with WWF-India and NABARD. There are 12 women members
and they use to collect 100 rupees per month each.
This SHG is actively involved in financial activities
within the SHG and also dealing with the bank for loan
purpose. Members of the SHG are-
 Mina Devi
 Kaushalya Devi
 Dhaneri Devi
 Sunena Devi
 Rajmina Devi
 Sharmila Devi
 Yoshodha Devi
 Gulaichi Devi
 Geeta Devi
 Puspa Roy
 Nilam Devi
 Bifaya Devi

Bundhi Bhund:
Bundhi Bhund is a revenue village
situated near Indo-Nepal border and
surrounded by river Jagbura. The
villagers are mostly dependent on
agriculture and daily labour for their
livelihood. The village is near about 3
km away from Lagga Bagga. The
dominant community of this village
belongs from Purbia community. This
village is 35 km away from Puranpur.
85% of the population use fuelwood
for cooking and space heating purpose
and only 15% people having personal
LPGs. There are 415 households and
2564 population in the village.
There is a SHG in the village consisting of 13 women members. They use to collect 50 rupees per
month from each member and also did financial activity within the SHG. Members of the SHG are-
 Kamalabati Devi
 Arti Devi
 Saskala Devi
 Bidyabati Devi
 Ramabati Devi
 Bidya Devi
 Sila Devi
 Usha Devi
 Mila Devi
 Rita Devi
  Sumintri Devi
 Bindu Devi
 Bimala Devi

Observation-
It has been observed that the villages which are located on the belt of forest are very much deprived
and not able to meet with their basic needs. Their housing pattern, educational status, sanitation and
drainage system, employment opportunities are not up to the mark. Child and maternal health is
another big issue in these villages. There are no proper health services as well as educational and other
services present in these villages. Child labour and school dropout is a major problem found in these
villages. It has been also observed that agriculture is the major occupation of the villagers, either the
have their own agricultural land or they are engaged in agricultural labour or cattle raring. Crop
damage by wild animals is a major problem of the villagers. Another important thing which has being
observed that there is a high rate of migration of the youths in search of occupation. These youth
migrate to places like Delhi, Uttrakhand, Deheradun, Gurgon, Agra etc and involved themselves in
some companies as manual labor. Mostly households do not have toilets in their houses and open
defecations is done by the most of the villagers. Alcoholism, early marriages, lack of women
empowerment these issues have been observed in the villages during the field visits.
It has been also observed that the dependency on forest of the villagers has reduced to a great level
after the intervention of WWF-India. Many households are not using fuel wood for cooking purpose
as they got LPGs from WWF-India, and people who have FECs provided by WWF-India has also reduced
their use of fuel wood. As per the observation if a person is going to collect fuel wood in the forest
there are certain outcomes that the people need to understand that- no work can be done by the
person on that day so he is not been able to earn any money on that particular day as well as there is
a chance of human wild animal conflict.
Most of the village level institutions are not functioning and has broken due to internal conflict, lack
of fund, lack of awareness etc. It has been seen that in many cases the villagers are cheated by external
organizations or any other person. There are very few village level institutions exist in the villages
which are guided by WWF-India and NABARD. These few VLIs are working properly and maintaining
their accounts and documentation as well.

Recommendations and suggestions-

 WWF-India must provide proper information and generate awareness about the importance
of the key aspects of strengthening SHGs to the members. Aspects like regular meetings, fund
raising, take out financial activity etc.
 Regular interaction with the SHGs is needed, and need to motivate the SHGs to function
properly by providing them register, pens and to intervene in the villages through the SHG so
that the can feel the importance of their existence.
 In case of alternative energy unit the organization must orient the FEC holders how to use the
FECs. Proper awareness needed to generate within the villagers.
 Regular meeting and awareness programme need to be conducted in the project villages.
  WWF-India should do advocacy to include wildlife education within the syllabus of primary
education so that the young generation can be aware about the importance forest and
ecological balance.
 WWF-India need to make the policies in such balanced way that conservation of forest and
welfare of the villagers both can be fulfilled, because without the participation of the villagers
conservation cannot be take place, and without providing them alternative livelihood
opportunities or uplifting up their living standard their whole hearted participation cannot
possible.

Conclusions:
Its a great experience for the worker worked in the sanctuary area. The worker learn lots of things
from this internship. This had been an exposure that the worker would be utilising throughout his
career as a social worker. It’s a great experience for the worker living in a remote location in forest
chowki and also worked with the people who are lives in the sanctuary area. The worker learned lots
of thinks from this internship. We also understood the basic differences between West Bengal and
Uttar Pradesh village. Its great adventures and learning moment for the worker. The worker developed
some skill and professional growth these are as follows.
Skill develop

 Observation skill – Throughout the time of internship the worker develop his observation skill.
 Planning skill – It’s a great experience for the worker to make planning. During the time of
placement the worker learn how to make plan.
 The worker also acquired the skill of work in hostile situation. Really it’s a great experience for
the worker.
 Guiding skill - during the time of internship the worker learn guiding skill like how to guide the
people.
 The worker also develops listening skill.
 The worker also learns the skill of interpreting.
 The worker develops communication skill.
 Implementing skill – it’s a very important and the work develop integrating during the time of
internship. The worker learn how to implementing theory to practice the worker learn during
the time of internship.
 To identify appropriate role to be played depending upon the situation.