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NREGA stalls migration in Agency
NREGA works have been giving good results in Rampa Chodavaram Agency area and migrations have been declining as tribals are getting good profits through these works.
Rajahmundry: NREGA works have been giving good results in Rampa Chodavaram Agency area and migrations have been declining as tribals are getting good profits through these works. ITDA, Rampa Chodavaram is supplying cashew nut plants to tribal farmers through employment guarantee scheme in order to provide them with permanent assets and giving a loan waiver of Rs 1.25 lakh per acre for three years for the preservation of plants.
But the yield has been coming down for cashew nut for the last few years due to low rainfall. ITDA has been taking up steps to increase the yield in 40,000 acres belonging to 20,000 tribal farmers and decided to dig one farm pond for every acre to stock the water through Panta Sanjeevani programme. ITDA has taken up a pilot project by rearing fish in the farm ponds to make sure that farmers get additional income.
Karam Pothuraju Dora, who has 11 acres of land in BV Kota village of Rampa Chodavaram mandal, earns his livelihood by cultivating cashew nut and by cattle rearing. The government has sanctioned Rs 2 lakh for digging farm ponds through the employment guarantee scheme and the pond was filled up with rainwater.
Pothuraju Dora approached the officials with the idea of rearing of fish and the fisheries department gave juvenile fish to the farmer free of cost. He obtained a yield of more than 500 kg as fish grew up to two kg in six months. He had let NREGA workers to catch the fish, sold the fish in the market and earned Rs 80,000.
The groundwater level of his cashew nut plantation also increased due to the farm pond. He obtained an income of Rs 2 lakh through cashew nut and Rs 15,000 through other crops. Speaking to The Hans India, Project Officer, ITDA, Rampa Chodavaram, KVN Chakradhar Babu explained that fish cultivation in farm ponds along with the cultivation of crops like cashew nut has been yielding encouraging results and added that 80 per cent of NREGA works are being earmarked for land development and water harvesting in the Agency areas.
He explained that farmers store water from various sources like rain, stream and groundwater, tanks and use the water for raising crops and fish rearing. He explained that they are providing training for farmers in water management system and added that more area would be covered this year.
