Senapati Forest Division launches PRA exercise to rejuvenate Barak River watershed

Key facts

• The Senapati Forest Division launched a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) exercise at Saranamai village under the Barak catchment area.
• The PRA exercise involved mapping of local resources, land-use patterns, wealth ranking, matrix ranking, timeline and SWOT analysis of the village.
• The baseline data generated will help formulate a detailed action plan under the new CAMPA scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
• Barak River originates at Liyai Khullen village of Senapati District and drains into the Bay of Bengal as river Meghna in Bangladesh.
• The Barak basin is the second largest basin in North-East India and is fed by tributaries including the Makru, Irang, Tuivai.
• Threats to the Barak basin include forest fires, floods, bank erosion, deforestation, shifting cultivation, soil erosion, landslides, and lack of awareness.