Loss and damage of infrastructure
Day 1
WORK DONE:
Since it was the first day of the field work during the rural camp, the team decided to start off by understanding the village of Jamak through the first tool of transect walk. The work done on day 1 is briefly described as under:
Transect walk:
It was done with two informants of the village, Mr. Gajender Singh and Mr. Dheeraj Rohtela who gave the team a brief introduction of Jamak Village. They informed that the village is spread over an area of about 10 kilometres and encompasses around 80 families and has representations from various classes. There is one Brahmin family and around 15 Harijan families; the Chauhans/Rajputs are the dominant class and following them are the Ranas/Bisht/Kosais. The Harijans are living in two demarcated bastis, one at Payalu and the other at Dhankoti and are victims of caste discriminations. They are not allowed to enter the kitchens of upper castes or any temple of the villages. However they also earn their livelihood through farming but are mostly involved in drum beating or black smith works. Mr. Rohtela informed the team that the village of Jamak was located near the river bed pre 1978 floods which they now refer to as the old Jamak. The 1978 floods washed away the entire village of Jamak and since then the village shifted uphill. The 1991 earthquake also took lives of about 86 inmates and injured around 56. Post 1991, minor calamities kept hitting the village until the 2013 floods came and heavily impacted the agricultural lands and fields of the villagers. It was mentioned that “Talannam Tok” got washed away in the floods which had maximum number of fields and cattle sheds but did not claim any lives. The government however gave compensation of Rs.2500 per naali (240 yards) along with NGOs (Sri Bhubhneshwari Mahila Ashram and Bishwa Hindu Parishad) and corporate like Tata and Reliance.
As the team walked through the village, they were informed that agriculture is the main occupation and they grow
WORK DONE:
Since it was the first day of the field work during the rural camp, the team decided to start off by understanding the village of Jamak through the first tool of transect walk. The work done on day 1 is briefly described as under:
Transect walk:
It was done with two informants of the village, Mr. Gajender Singh and Mr. Dheeraj Rohtela who gave the team a brief introduction of Jamak Village. They informed that the village is spread over an area of about 10 kilometres and encompasses around 80 families and has representations from various classes. There is one Brahmin family and around 15 Harijan families; the Chauhans/Rajputs are the dominant class and following them are the Ranas/Bisht/Kosais. The Harijans are living in two demarcated bastis, one at Payalu and the other at Dhankoti and are victims of caste discriminations. They are not allowed to enter the kitchens of upper castes or any temple of the villages. However they also earn their livelihood through farming but are mostly involved in drum beating or black smith works. Mr. Rohtela informed the team that the village of Jamak was located near the river bed pre 1978 floods which they now refer to as the old Jamak. The 1978 floods washed away the entire village of Jamak and since then the village shifted uphill. The 1991 earthquake also took lives of about 86 inmates and injured around 56. Post 1991, minor calamities kept hitting the village until the 2013 floods came and heavily impacted the agricultural lands and fields of the villagers. It was mentioned that “Talannam Tok” got washed away in the floods which had maximum number of fields and cattle sheds but did not claim any lives. The government however gave compensation of Rs.2500 per naali (240 yards) along with NGOs (Sri Bhubhneshwari Mahila Ashram and Bishwa Hindu Parishad) and corporate like Tata and Reliance.
As the team walked through the village, they were informed that agriculture is the main occupation and they grow