SOCIAL FORESTRY ACTIVITIES

The District is having 22.46% deficit of the forest cover to the suggested percentage of 33.3% under National Forest Policy. Therefore the afforestation programmes are to be concentrated in areas outside Reserve Forests. These lands include mainly (i) Government Vacan Lands (ii) Village Communal Lands and (iii) Patta lands of Ryots. In order to improve the cover in the District various Social Forestry Programmes have been taken up in the District. The Social Forestry Division, Eluru was opened on 1-12-1984.

PAST ACIEVEMENTS

a) Tank foreshore areas :

So far 771.50 ha of Tank foreshore areas have been planted with Babul under CIDA covering (56) villages in West Godavari District from 1984-85 to 1990-1991.

YEAR OF PLANTATION

NO. OF TANKS COVERED (NO)

AREA COVERED (HA)

1984

3

100.00

1985

9

101.00

1986

13

160.50

1987

13

200.00

1988

17

200.00

1990

1

10.00

2003

8

50.00

T O T A L

64

821.50

B) Avenue Plantations :

1. Nearly 600 KMs of road margins have been planted.

2. 57 KMs Canal Banks areas have been covered with plantations.

3. 66 KMs Railway line areas are planted along with 11.5 Ha. of block plantations in the     Railways vacant lands.

4. During 2003-04, are extent of 113.00 KMs of Avenue Plantations have been taken     up.

C) Farm Forestry Programme : (T.P.-11 of A.P.F.P.)

As per Staff Appraisal Report, the T.P.-11 is designed to help the farmers of weaker sections and backward classes to raise farm forestry plantations in the degraded lands where raising of agricultural crops is not possible. Thus making the lands productive and generate substantial income to the poor sections of the society. The group approach is adopted for raising plantations with incentives to the farmers on raising successful plantations. The strategy is to target all private landholders through group approach. Coastal areas of West Godavari are selected for implementation of T.P.-11 as the areas are sandy and not suitable for agriculture. Keeping in view the agro climatic condition of the areas, Casuarine apecies is selected for planting. Under A.P.F.P. 1000 ha. of areas has been planted, details are given hereunder:

YEAR

AREA PLANTED

NO.OF BENEFICIARIES

1996

200 ha.

275

1997

400 ha.

399

1998

200 ha.

289

1999

200 ha.

368

T O T A L

1000 ha.

1331

D) Central Nursery :

As a part of strategies in producing improved planting stock and to update the existing infrasturcture and technology of raising nurseries, a central nursery has been established at Venkataramannagudem in Unguturu Reserve Forest block in 8.00 ha. area by the Planning and Extension Division., Eluru under A.P. Forestry Project, and the following central nurseries are also established with infrastucture facilities for raising of nurseries :

SL.NO.

NAME OF THE RANGE

NAME OF THE CENTRAL NURSERY

1.

Eluru

Eluru

2.

Eluru

Ramasingavaram

3.

Eluru

Unguturu

4.

Eluru

Venkataramannagudem

5.

J.R.Gudem

Tadikalapudi

6.

J.R.Gudem

Gopalapuram

7.

J.R.Gudem

Marlagudem

8.

J.R.Gudem

Dondapudi

9.

J.R.Gudem

Settipeta

10.

J.R.Gudem

Narasapuram

11.

Narasapuram

Kumudhavalli

12.

Narasapuram

Lankalakoderu

E) Seedlings distribution :

Seedilings distribution programme is main concept of the Social Forestry for achieving the 33.3% of the total geographical area of the District with tree cover. The following seedlings are distributed from 1984-85 to 2002-2003 under various schemes

(Physical Achievement is in lakh nos.)

During 2003 planting season, the following seedlings (Mandal wise) are distributed by this Division.

NURSERY PROGRAMME DURING THE YEAR 2003-2004 PLANTING SEASON