Our Work

What we do

Major Programmes

HARIT – Green Campaign

An environmental conservation programme started in 2018: plantation, nursery formation and nursery management that also creates local employment.

Harit included plantation, formation of nurseries and nursery management. By forming nurseries and planting trees the NGO aims to generate employment for people. The Samiti mainly works on plantation of Bamboo and Ringal – despite its many values and uses, Ringal/Bamboo has always been ignored. Through Harit the Samiti promotes bamboo cultivation, making people aware of its uses and how it can generate employment.

Bamboo Nurseries

Bamboo nurseries established in Nov 2019 at Markhoda (Khirsu, Pauri) and Jakhwari (Jakholi, Rudraprayag) with the Gram Pradhans.

Sarv Kalyan Vikas Samiti is also working under HARIT in other districts like Tehri, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Haridwar and Chamoli.

Cultivation of Ringal / Bamboo

Commercial cultivation of Ringal and Bamboo started on 100 hectares of land across rural Uttarakhand.

Areas include Jakholi, Agastyamuni, Rudraprayag, Kirtinagar, Yamkeshwar, Pauri, Munsyari, Chakrata, Vikasnagar, Dehradun, Nawgaun, Chamoli, Bageshwar, Gram Panchayat Bhynta Saunrakhal and others.

Artisans & Handicraft Products

Training rural artisans to turn bamboo and ringal into baskets, lamps, furniture and décor for a sustainable income.

Ringaal handicrafts, bamboo furniture, lamps and utility products are made by artisans trained by the Samiti.

Livelihood & Skill Training

Bamboo-based livelihood and product making trainings, tailoring and beauty parlour courses for women and youth.

Trainings have been organised with UBFDB, Van Panchayat Uttarakhand, IFFCO, FRCLE Tripura, ICAR-IISWC and FRI across Uttarakhand, Tripura, Sikkim, West Bengal and Rajasthan.

Nursery Development – Y Farm, Faridabad

Nursery beds, seed treatment and plantation of 12 bamboo species at Y-Farm, Faridabad (June 2022).

Species include Bambusa tulda, B. balcooa, B. wamin, B. vulgaris (yellow & green), B. nutans, Dendrocalamus sikkimensis, B. bambos, Oxytenanthera parviflora, D. strictus, B. multiplex and B. polymorpha. Steps covered: site selection and clearing, nursery beds (2.5 ft x 10 ft x 1 ft, 3:2:1 soil:sand:vermicompost), seed treatment, sowing, and pit plantation.

Bamboo & Ringal Plantation Sites

In association with ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation we are converting barren hill land into productive bamboo and ringal groves, together with local farmers.

24 ha

Gandhinagar, Josha

📍 Munsyari, Distt. Pithoragarh (Alt. 2045 m)

Ghad ringaal (Drepanostachyum falcatum)Deo ringaal (Himalayacalamus falconeri)Thaam ringaal (Thamnocalamus spathiflorus)Jamura ringaal (Thamnocalamus jaunsarensis)

36 farmers involved

Mahendra Kumar, Narendra Kumar, Devendra Kumar, Gokaran Ram, Ratan Ram, Hari Ram, Kunwar Ram, Ramu Ram, Jeevan Ram, Dhani Ram, Kesar Ram, Govind Ram, Kalu Ram, Khadak Ram, Pushkar Ram, Chandra Ram, Mohan Ram, Hayat Ram, Netra Singh, Bhagat Ram, Nathu Ram, Shyam Lal, Dev Ram, Divaan Singh, Uttam Singh, Prem Ram, Bhawan Ram, Bhawani Ram, Gobar Ram, Mangal Ram, Kundan Ram, Padam Ram, Himmat Ram, Lakhwant Ram, Manohar Ram, Divaan Ram