This project is targeted at ensuring benefits of natural resources to tribals in Sirohi district. The tribals are being mobilised in 30 villages through awareness generation and advocacy.
Context
The project area is near Mount Abu, a well-known tourist location, but around it there is a significant population of Garasiya tribe which has remained underdeveloped for centuries. These are forest dwellers and due to certain policy glitches, they have not been able to get their land title as a result of which their development is very slow. It is interesting to note that in the neighbouring state of Gujarat, there have been many tribal villages where tribals have received such land titles, but here due to bureaucratic inefficiency and political lethargy, the people have remained devoid of such rights. Because they do not have land title, these villages remain aloof from the mainstream development interventions like elementary education, primary health, and such basic services. Providing such basic rights is the immediate need of the villagers.
Activities
- Block level launch workshop
- Community meetings
- Awareness drives
- Convergence workshop with forest and district administration
- Workshops with forest rights committees
Target Group
Garasiya tribals, nearly 6,000 families