Overview of VDBs & Communitisation Organisations

The mammoth gathering at Ganeshnagar was the telling impression. It was the convergence of all the grass-root key players and partners in the process of self-determination. It also directly projected the co-operation of the people with the Government. The conference being the first of such State level, turned out to be an eagerly participated event. It definitely was the most gratifying occasion to the Chief Ministers, the former Chief Secretary and founder of Communitisation Act, R.S. Pandey, former Chief Secretary and nurturer Lalhuma, the present Chief Secretary Lalthara and also the Development Commissioner Alemtemshi who are the sustainers of the revolution.
The selection of Ganeshnagar as the venue, ensured riddance of distractions from the participants for Christmas shopping, and also gave opportunity to see the complex lying in waiting with scopes for the future. The compartment wise departmental seminars, provided greater grasps of system, rules, guidelines and provisions for functioning and developments to the participants. The general sessions by various Government departments on issues, where the roles of village level organizations are imperative were most apt, and appropriately propelled the adoptions of respective resolutions by the village functionaries. This is a no mean achievement on the part of the Government, because once the village level functionaries have the clarity of mission, the policies of the Government are expected to succeed.
The Additional Chief Secretary & Development Commissioner, Alemtemshi expressed prime concern over the climate change, due to deforestations. Speakers from concerned departments further substantiated on the scenario and urged for appropriate preventive measures and adaptations of alternative methods, of food production, cultivations and livelihoods.
Resolutions were adopted by all the different organizations, such as VDBs, VECs, VHCs, VEMBs and WATSAN. However, none of these could cover the issue of environment control and generation of economy by change of traditional cow rearing practice. Perhaps, the resolution can be adopted only by the Village Councils, which are vested with the requisite authority. The traditional system of semi free roaming cow rearing by villages, not only hamper economy, it is directly and indirectly destructive to vegetative cover. The cows are impediments to cash crops cultivations. Any area under cultivation of vegetables and fruits during the let-free season requires heavy fencings and hundreds of small tree and branches are cut every year on account of fencings. If the cows could be reared on permanent shed confinements, milking and supply of milk to dairy units, greater collection and sale of dung manure, trained bullocks for ploughing and carrying, yearlong crop cultivations etc could be facilitated. The VDBs could take up projects of community cow sheds, specific spot fencings, establishment of dairy units and vegetable growing projects etc, for all these, the decision on cow rearing methods by the Village Councils must prelude.