1. 1 Status of Lakhimpur district of Assam Presented by District Administration Lakhimpur Assam (Vis- a -vis RSVY) 22 nd March 04, New Delhi

2. 2 District Profile, Lakhimpur  Total area 2977sqkm  Urban 20 sqkm  Rural 2557 Sqkm  Total Population 8.9L  Male 4.5L  Female 4.3 L  SC 8%  ST 24%

3. 3 statistics  Literacy 69.6%  Male L 78.26%  Female L 60.47%  Sex ratio 952  Density 391  Police Station 6  No. of town 3  GP 81  Village 1185

4. 4 location

5. 5 Wild elephants wildlife

6. 6 Culture  Bihu

7. 7 Indigenous orchids Ornamental orchids

8. 8 Panoramic view paddy

9. 9 tradition Indigenous tribes

10. 10 tradition weaving Traditional rice

11. 11 Panoramic view Handloom Tea community

12. 12 strength  High literacy rate 70%;  Conducive weather for agriculture & allied sector;  Availability of natural resources viz. arable land, forest products, plenty rivers, water beds, wild life, indigenous products etc.

13. 13 Strength  Peaceful : no any major disturbance since time immemorial  Gateway to several districts of Arunachal Pradesh.

14. 14 Weakness  Geographical remoteness,  Mental isolation,  Resource Crunch; scarcity of modern equipments;  unsophisticated Govt. Offices; require skill up gradation. (Reason for backwardness)

15. 15 weakness  Lack of vision of People’s Representatives/ PRI/ NGOs etc.  Improper plan ; lack of holistic approach; presence of severe critical gap (Reason for backwardness)

16. 16 weakness  Road/rail communication in bad shape  Severe power crisis  Chronic flood  Absence of any technical institution ; not even an ITI;  Zero industrial growth; Large Unemployment

17. 17 Problems  Chronic Flood & erosion

18. 18 Problems  Roads in bad shape

19. 19 Opportunities  Finest quality of rice; organic & indigenous healthy food,  Presence of large nos. of SHGs mostly women  Potential on Eco-cultural-wilderness tourism

20. 20  SHG  Land strength  Traditional cultivator

21. 21 opportunities  Horticulture, mushroom, floriculture, animal husbandry, handloom & textile  Traditional weavers,  Conducive for IT industry

22. 22  Cane bamboo Handloom resource

23. 23 Thrust area  income generation and creation of self employment (agriculture & Allied services viz. agriculture, veterinary, sericulture, fishery) * Infrastructure Development to meet the critical gap ( healthcare, roads, power, PHE,urban development)

24. 24 Thrust area  Human Resource Development for skill up-gradation ( of offices/ public/NGOs/PRIs etc.)  Revenue generation ( eco-tourism & Forest Development )

25. 25 Thrust area  Conservation & support (Soil conservation and irrigation )  Additionality to weavers mostly women SHGs ( Handloom & textile & Industries )

26. 26 Agriculture  No high yielding horticulture garden; 90% saplings are brought from outside  Medicinal plants, floriculture, horticulture  Promotion on organic farming  Mushroom cultivation  Cold storage facility to arrest high fluctuation of agriculture commodities

27. 27 Agriculture  Horticulture garden  Nursery  Vermi compost -organic farming  Mushroom training & demonstration  Cold storage  Improvement of Training facility  Water shed development

28. 28 Veterinary  Pig Breeding ( for ST )  Duck’s Egg farm ( Hybrid)  Artificial Insemination  Improvement of Training facility

29. 29 Sericulture  Income generating  Create self employment  Manpower harnessing  Marketing yard

30. 30 Muga  Golden thread

31. 31  Attired in muga (bihu)

32. 32 ( income generation) Fishery development  Beel fishery development  Eco hatchery

33. 33 Infrastructure development  Health & family welfare  Improvement of road communication  Water supply  Power improvement  Urban development

34. 34 Infrastructure development ( health care)  Renovation of New Civil Hospital  Purchasing of equipments  Renovation of Old civil Hospital  Improvement of peripheral Hospitals

35. 35 Infrastructure development ( health care)  Old civil hospital

36. 36 Infrastructure development ( health care)  New hospital(OT)

37. 37 Infrastructure development ( health care)  New hospital(OT)

38. 38 Infrastructure development ( health care)  Obsolete instruments

39. 39 Infrastructure development ( health care)  Building

40. 40 Road Communication  Regular destruction of bridges by flood  Dilapidated & temporary bridges  Roads in bad shape  Frequent breaches by floods

41. 41 District road map

42. 42 Infrastructure development(roads) NH-52 bye pass ; replacement of wooden bridge

43. 43 Infrastructure development (roads) Singra bridge Laluk-Bihpuria-Narayanpur Link road

44. 44 Bridge at Gosaipathar Laluk-Bihpuria-Narayanpur Link road

45. 45 Infrastructure development  PHE renovation of water supply  ASEB procurement of transformer  N.Lakhimpur Dev authority Sludge treatment  N.Lakhimpur Municipality improvement of roads, drainage, sewage system  Bihpuria road/ drain improvement

46. 46 REVENUE GENERATION( Eco-Tourism Development )  Development of Eco-Cultural tourism at Bordoibam Bird sanctuary  Setting up of Tourist Resort at Dullung with water sports facility

47. 47  WATER SPORTS ; GOLDEN MAHSHEER  REVENUE GENERATION(Tourism Development )

48. 48 ECO TOURISM  MIGRATORY BIRDS

49. 49  Wild orchids ECO- tourism

50. 50 ( Revenue generation) Forest development  Plantation  Medicinal plants  Nursery  Forest product ( patidoi)  Eco development

51. 51 Human Resource Development  Sports ground development  Sub divisional library & auditorium  Up-gradation of centralized science lab for HS/HSS  Science kit to HS/HSS schools  District Technology & Training Centre

52. 52 Human Resource Development ( Establishment of District Technology & Training Centre)  Skill up-gradation training to Govt Offices/ PRI/ NGOs etc.  To act as knowledge hub in the district;  District Technology centre ; there is not even an ITI in the district  District Resource centre  Job oriented technical courses to educated youths

53. 53 Conservation & support  Soil & water conservation project 2 nos.  Renovation/ repairing of irrigation schemes 31 Nos

54. 54 Conservation & support (Soil conservation)  To protect land from becoming waste land  Conserve water for off season agriculture  Conserve eco system  Mitigate flood havoc at downstream  Protect soil erosion.

55. 55 Soil conservation

56. 56 Additionality (Handloom & textile & industries)  Upgradation of training institutions  Vegetable dyeing centre  Cane & bamboo Training centre

57. 57 53  Sports development 25L  Auditorium & library at sub division 45L  Ungradation of science lab 20L  Science kit to HS/HSS 11L  District technology & training Centre 52L

58. 58 implementation  Involving local management committee with District Administration/ Departmental experts/ NGOs/ SHGs/PPS/ local resourceful persons etc.  Project will be made self sustainable by charging minimum amount wherever necessary to be decided by Management Committee etc.

59. 59 implementation  SHG will be involved with priority basis with their contribution & bank linkage as per existing Govt. norms

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