Lok Sabha Question No. 794 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Community Driven Environmentally Sustainable Village Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 794

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2021

## Community Driven Environmentally Sustainable Village Programme

794. SHRI G. M. SIDDESHWAR

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the present  status of Community Driven Environmentally Sustainable Village Programme;
- (b) the number of projects taken up under the said programme;
- (c) whether the  implementation of the said programme has produced any positive impact; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)  &  (b):  Under  the  ongoing  Environmental  Information  System  (ENVIS)  Scheme  of theMinistry, the Community  driven Environmentally Sustainable Village  Programme (CESVP)was taken up during 2017-18, on pilot  basis.  As  part  of  the  pilot,  Delhi  based  7 ENVISResource Partners( RPs ) hosted by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF), International Institute of Health and Hygiene (IIHH-Sulabh), Central Pollution Control  Board (CPCB),  Centre  for Media  Studies  (CMS),  School ofPlanning  and  Architecture  (SPA)  and  The  Energy  Resources  Institute  (TERI)  carried outcoordinated activities from October, 2017 till March  2018  aimed  at creation of awarenessabout  major  environmental  issues  covering  pollution,  waste  management,  water management,setting up of community driven projects, such as solar energy, health status, etc. in three villages, viz., Dhirpur, Ghoga and Singhola in Delhi. Further, a preliminary survey was  undertaken  by  these  RPs  in  April,  2018  in  three  villages  -  Neemka  (Gautam  Budh Nagar,UP), Oledha (Bulandshehar, UP) and Kachaida (Gautam Budh Nagar, UP).

During  the  recent  years,  Sikkim  ENVIS  Hub  (F&ED),  Manipur  ENVIS  Hub  (DoEF),  and ENVIS  Resource  Partner  at  Department  of  Zoology,  University  of  Madras  (DZUM) conducted various activities under the Programme. ENVIS Hub Manipur conducted a pilot project in Heirok village of Thoubal District, Manipur. They also initiated three more villagebased  programmes  at  NambolNaorem,  Bishnupur District,  Kharung  Pat  Village,  Kakching District  and  Wabagai  Village  Kakching  District.  Department  of  Zoology,  University  of Madras  (DZUM)  conducted  clean-up  programmes,  installed  waste  bins,  conducted  group discussions  for  raising  awareness  towards  sustainable  environmental  practices.    Sikkim ENVIS Hub has been closely working at rural villages organising cleanliness drives covering whole village particularly Jhora, Nala, roadsides, lakeside and prominent tourist destinations like Chayataal (lake).

(c)  &  (d):  The  activities  carried  out  under  the  programme  had  a  positive  impact  on  the population  covered  as  they  became  more  aware  about  the  adoption  of  environmentally sustainable practices. The inhabitants of the villages started segregatingthe waste, using clean energy for cooking, vermi composting of house hold waste etc. It has further enthused local people  to  sustainably  utilize  their  local  resources  and  in  the  meantime  conserve  the  local natural environment.

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