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Introduction
Sagar block is an island in the Gangetic delta, lying on the continental
shelf of the Bay of Bengal about 100 km (54 nautical miles) south of Kolkata.
The island is lying between 21.36° to 21.56° m N latitude and 88.11° m East
Longitudes. Sagar Island is the southernmost part of West Bengal as well as
western part of Sundarban and is a religious spot which attracts millions of
pilgrims every year. In many tales of Hindu mythology and in ancient Indian
literature like the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, a novel of Bankimchandra
Chattopadhyay, a poem of Rabindranath Tagore, the name of Sagardwip was
mentioned.
TSRD initiated Sagar project in 1995. Since then TSRD has been proving its
prominence in different levels of intervention to address issues like
environmental sustainability, women empowerment, disaster risk reduction,
Health, education etc. Today TSRD is a leading non-governmental organization
in Sagar to shape up the society for better tomorrow.
TSRD initiated Sagar Project in the year 1995. The Sagar Island is situated
in the south-eastern corner of the Sundarbans touching the Bay of Bengal.
Relatively, the incidence of cyclones and floods are of lesser intensity in
Sagar island than other parts of the Sundarbans, yet the usual problems of
the island are eroding embankment, saline water inundation, eco-degradation
and the poverty situation of the people. The erosion of embankment has
reached at such a situation that three villages viz. Bishalakshipur,
Lohachara and Khasimara have already been deepened down into the sea and
around 16 villages are partly submerged. Yet, the Sagar Island has its own
importance. It is famous to the Hindus as this is an ancient pilgrimage spot
namely ‘Ganga Sagar’, a confluence of the river Ganges and Bay of Bengal
where million pilgrims from different corners of the country come for the
holly dip in the middle of January every year. But this very short term
economic detonation seldom reaches to the people of the island. Now-a-days
it is found that tourist/pilgrims are coming here round the year especially
on or around the holidays though fewer in numbers. TSRD runs this project
namely ‘Sagar Project’ in this island and also covers some more islands and
blocks under its fold. |
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District |
Block |
Village |
Population covered |
Thematic area |
| West Bengal –
Sagar Project |
South 24-Parganas |
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52,500 |
- Greening
- School Sanitation and Hygiene Education
- SGSY Program
- Awareness through Workshop, Meeting, Training
- Irrigation
- Health
- Organizing meetings/Seminars
- Develop people’s organization
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Contact Info |
Sagar Project
P.O. Kamalpur, Dist. 24 Parganas (S), Pin - 743 373,
Phone : 03210-242071, Mobile-07699090534
E-Mail : tsrdsagar@gmail.com
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