`jxq AvjvPbv PKwj (mvaviY `j)

FGD Checklist (General Group)

cvvii bvg BDwbqb (UP)

Polder:

DcRjv

Upazila:

Mvg Village:

mvvrKvi MnYKvix bvg Facilitator: bvU jLKi bvg Note taker: mvvrKvi MnYi ZvwiL Date of interview mvvrKvi MnYi mgq Time of interview

Section A:

Background

1. KLb GB cvvi (fwoevua) wbgvY nqQ? cvvi wbgvYi ci Kwl, grm, ccvjb, wPswo Pvl, mP, cvbxqRji cvcZv I RxweKvqb wK cwieZb GmQ? When was the polder
constructed? How did things change in terms of cropping pattern (this includes shrimp) drinking water and other livelihood activities from the time it was constructed till now?

2. GB GjvKvq cvvii mv_ mshy cavb b`x, Lvj I yBPMBUwj wK wK? Kvb KvbwU Pvjy Aevq AvQ? Avcbviv h yBPMBUwj eenvi KiQb Zv wK cvwb Dbqb evW / bvwK RbMY/ew Zwi KiQ? (MBU b^imn IWM gvc `Lvb)
What are the main khals, rivers and sluice gates in this polder? Which sluice gates are in working condition? Are the sluice gates you are using water board ones or made by the private parties? (please show these on the IWM maps)

3. Avcbv`i cvvi fwoevuai eZgvb Aev wK iKg AvQ? (fvj/Lvivc/gvUvgywU) Ges Avcbv`i yBPMBUwji Aev wK iKg? (fvj/Lvivc/gvUvgywU) (IWM gvc `Lvb)
How do you rate the condition of the polder embankment (good/bad/average) and the condition of sluices/gates (good/bad/average) in your polder? (Please show these on the IWM maps)

4. Avcbviv GLb Kvb gmyg wK dmj I wPswo/ gvQ Avev` Kib? Kb GB eev Avcbviv eQ wbqQb? What do you cultivate in this area (this should include crops and fish both freshwater
and saline water) and during what seasons? Why have you chosen to do it like these way

5. eZgvb dmj I wPswo/gvQ Pvli Rb ? dmji Rb: ewi cvwb/ yBP _K Lvji cvwb/ cv/ Mfxi I AMfxi bjK~c/ cyKzi/ Ni / Abvb Drm wPswo/gvQ Pvli Rbt Iqvc`v MBU/ewgvwjKvbvaxb MBU/ cvBc/ mvBdzb/ wfZii bvjv/cv/ Mfxi I AMfxi bjK~c/ cyKzi/ Ab Ni / Abvb Drm
From where do you get water for your agriculture/aquaculture activities? Probe:

For agriculture: Sluice gate/ canal/ Low Lift Pump/ Pond/ Gher For aquaculture: BWDB Sluice gate/ Private Gate/ Inner canal/Pipe/ Syphone/ Form river or canal by Low Lift Pump/ Other gher/ Other type

6. cvvi eevcbv ejZ wK eySb? GLvb cvwb eevcbv wK wVK fve nq? Avcbvi GjvKvq cvwb eevcbv wbq wK wK Amyweav AvQ?
What do you mean by water management in a polder? Given your definition of water management, do you think there is proper water management in your polder?

7. GB cvvii cvwb eevcbvi mePq cKU mgmvjv wK wK (g Abyhvqx)?

mgmv (Problems) g GUv Kb Avcbvi KvQ mgmv/wKfve AvcbvK wZ Ki? Why is it a problem to you/how does it affect? wKfve mgvavb Kiv hZ cvi (gvbymvi 1 _K 2 wU) How can be solved (Ranking 1 to 2)

What are the most important problems relevant to water management in your polder? Please rank them, why are these problems? How can these problems be solved?

RjveZv(Water logging) jeYvZv(Salinity) f~wgq/b`x fvb (River erosion) b`x/Lvj fivU/cwj Rgv (Siltation of canals/rivers) Lvevi cvwbi `ycZv(Drinking water scarcity) (Irrigation) Abvb

Section B: Polder/ Sluice O&M

cvvi/yBP eevcbv I iYveY
8. KLb yBP MBU Lvjv I e Kiv nq? yBPMBU Lvjv I e ivLvi wKfve Gi wmv bqv nq? (aygv BWDB/LGED and public MBUyMwji K_v ejyb)
When are the gates opened/ closed? How is it decided (For BWDB/LGED and public gates)?
a.

K ev Kviv? vbxq jvK/Ni gvwjK? KwgwU? cfvekvjx gvbyl? wKfve Zviv wmv bq?
Who: Local people/ Gher owner? Committee? Influential people? How do they decide?

b.

Kvb MBUgvb wK AvQ? MBUgvbK K ev Kviv eZb `q? K Zv`iK KLb yBPMBU Lyje ev e Kie? GLvb wK c~e Kvb MBUgvb wQj?
Any gatemen now? Who pays him? Who tells him when to open and close? Was there a gatemen before?

c.

BDwbqb cwil`? cvwb Dbqb evW? GjwRBwW?

Union Parishad? BWDB or LGED?

d.

Kvb aiYi MBU mePq fvj KvR KiQ? (cvwb Dbqb evW/ewgvwjKvbvaxb)?
Which types of gate (public or water board) works best?

9. hw` BP MBU ev euwoeuva Kvb Kvib wZM nq Zvnj wKfve Gi iYveY Kiv nq? (aygv BWDB/LGED gates )
For BWDB/LGED gates, how does the maintenance of the sluice gate and the polder take place if these are damaged or need minor repairs?
a. b. c.

vbxq jvK/Ni gvwjK ? KwgwU? cfvekvjx jvKi GZ fwgKv wK?

What is the role of local people/ gher owner? Committee? Influential people?

BDwbqb cwil` wK Ki?

What does the Union Parishad do? BWDB/LGED wKfve yBPMBU ev

cvvi iYveY msv evcvi mnhvwMZv Ki? mgqi mv_ Gi wKfve cwieZb nqQ? iYveY Kvhg Aviv fvj Kivi Rb wK cwieZb `iKvi?
How does the BWDB/LGED give maintenance support? How has it changed over time? What needs to be changed for maintenance to work better?

10. wKfve wewfb Lvji c~btLbb KvR Kiv nq?

How does re-excavation of the different khals take place?
a. b. c.

vbxq jvK/ Ni gvwjK? KwgwU? cfvekvjx jvKi GZ fwgKv wK?

What is the role of local people/ gher owner? Committee? Influential people?

BDwbqb cwil` wK Ki?

What does the Union Parishad do? BWDB/LGED wKfve Lvji c~btLbb

msv evcvi mnhvwMZv Ki? mgqi mv_ Gi wKfve cwieZb nqQ? Lvji c~btLbb Kvhg Aviv fvj Kivi Rb wK cwieZb `iKvi?
How does the BWDB/LGED give canal re-excavation support? How has it changed over time? What needs to be changed for maintenance to work better?

d.

hw` ew KZK wbqYvaxb Lvj nqt K ev Kviv GB Lvj wbqY Ki? Zviv wKfve Ges Kvb msv _K Gi wjR cvq? GwU wKfve GB cvvii cvwb eevcbvK cfvweZ Ki? wfZii Lvj ev bvjv _K wewfb Ni I dmji gvV cvwb eUbi wmv K ev Kviv bq? GB mK wevwiZ ejyb
If there are privately controlled khals: Who controls the private ones? How did they get the leases and from which government agency? How does this affect the water situation in the polder? Who decides on the distribution through inner canals to various fields/ghers? Please tell us more about this and what should happen to solve this issue.

11. Avcbvi GjvKvq cvwb eevcbv mwKZ Kvb cK (hgb: Bcmvg, PZz_ grm cK BZvw`, KJDRP, SSWRDP) AvQ?/ AwZ mwZ Kvb cK kl nqQ? Do you have any
on-going/ recently completed project relevant to polder management (example: Fourth Fisheries/KJDRP/IPSWAM/SSWRDP) in this area? When did it start? When did it end? (years) a. Kvb msv Gi evevqb KiQ? What implementing agency/government agency/NGO?

12. GB cK eveeqbi dj cvwb eevcbvq wK cwieZb GmQ? cKwU wK KvR KiQ/v GLb wK KvR KiQ? What changed with the project? What it did/does it do? a. cKwU mgv nq _vKj: iYveYi wK cwieZb GmQ? cKkl iYveY fvjv KiZ nj wK Kiv `iKvi?
If stopped: How has maintenance changed after the project intervention stopped? What needs to be changed so that there is both good operation and good maintenance even after a project stops? b. miKvwi A_vqb e nj iYveY KvR wKfve vwqZkxj nZ cvi? How can fund shortages be addressed sustainably if the government cannot give these funds?

13. WMG/WMA/WMCA ,

Lvj cyb:Lbb/ cwj AcmviY/iYveY ? ? If you have WMG/WMA (BWDB) or WMCA (LGED), are they useful in making sure that there is proper maintenance of the polder? What should change to make polder maintenance better? ? ? What is the role of Union Parishad in water management? Should it be increased or decreased?, Why?

14. ?

Section C: RbmvaviYi AskMnY (Community Participation)

15. cvwb eevcbvi miKvi RbMYi AskMnY evovZ Pvq | Avcbv`i ga _K Kvi AskMnY Kiv DwPZ ej gb Kib? wKfve wmv MnY fwgKv ivLv hZ cvi?
The government wants communities to participate in polder management. Who do you think should participate in your community? How should decisions be taken? a.

eZgvb vbxq RbMY wKfve cwiKbv, evevqb I iYveY AskMnY Ki?

How do local people now participate in pre-planning, implementation, operation, maintenance?

b.

Avcbv`i weePbvq cvvi eevcbvi RbMYi cKZ AskMnY ejZ wK eySvq?

What do you think would mean real participation of the community in polder management?

c.

miKvwi msvwj (BWDB/LGED/UNO/UP) cvwb eevcbvi Avcbv`i gZvgZi KZUzKz iZ `q? Ges Zviv RbMYi AskMnYK DrmvwnZ Ki wK bv? To what
extent and how do government institutions encourage and integrate the opinion of community members and how is such opinion is valued?

16. cvvi cybwbgvY I iYveY msv Kvb cK Zwi, evRU, vb I KvRi cwigvb mK miKvwi msv, cvwb eevcbv mwgwZ Ges BDwbqb cwil` wKfve vbxq RbMYi mv_ AvjvPbv Ki? How do GOB agencies, WMA and UP consult people about preparing project,
making budget, selecting sites and works of polder rehabilitation and O&M? How? a. Avcbv`iK fvjvfve Rvbvbvi Rb wK wK Kiv hZ cvi? What can be done to ensure that local stakeholders are better informed?

17. Kvb Kvb RbMvx KLbvB cvwb eevcbvi mv_ hy nqwb ev nZ cvi bv? Kb?
there some people/groups who have never been involved in water management, why?

Are

wevwiZt cvvi cvwb DVv bvgvi dj wPswo Pvl I avb Pvl wfbZi cfve coZ cvi| GLvb f~wgnxb I cvwK KlK BZvw` cvwb eevcbv KwgwUZ hy nZ AvMn cKvk Kib wK bv? Kb/Kb bq?
Probe: Polder management affects agriculture, aquaculture, fishing, livelihoods etc and thus may affect the poor/landless. Are landless people and marginal farmers etc. interested in being involved in polder management? Why or why not?

18. Avcbv`i BDwbqb Kvb Kvb GbwRI KvR KiQ? List all other NGOs working in this UP

Section D: Riwi Kvhg (Emergency response)

19. Avcbvi GjvKvq mwZ cvvi f _vKj Zvi KviY wK? Riwi cqvRb Avcbviv wKfve ZvrwYK givgZ KvR KiwQjb (Kviv hy wQj, Kviv GKwZ KiwQj, Kviv A_vqb KiwQj I Kviv ^Qvkg w`qwQj BZvw`)? Did the polder break recently/during Aila in
your area? If, so, Why did it break? How did the community respond for immediate repair? (Who were involved, how was it organized, mobilized voluntary labor and funded?)

20. `yhvMKvjxb Ges cieZx mgq cvwZvwbK Ges AcvwZvwbK msvjv wKfve KvR KiwQj? How did the BWDB/LGED respond when repair work became essential? Was the response
timely and effective?

21. Riwi givgZ Kvhg fvjvfve mv`b Kivi Rb Avcbv`i civgk wK?
most important suggestions for better emergency response (try to keep it polder relevant).

Provide some

Section E: mgvcwb AvjvPbv (Concluding discussion)

22. eZgvb Aev PjZ _vKj AvMgx 10 eQi ci (2022) Avcbv`i Mvg/BDwbqbi wP Kgb
`vove?
If things continue as they are now, what will this village/union/polder look like in 2022?

23. Avcbv`i cvvii cvwb eevcbv Dbqbi Rb wK cwieZb `iKvi? wKfve cvwb eevcbvi
Dbqb Kiv hvq ej gb Kib?
How can water management in this polder area/village/union be improved? Who should be responsible for making sure these changes happen/are implemented?

24.

Kvb cwZvb Gi evevqbi `vwqZ wbZ cvi? (cvwb Dbqb evW/GjwRBwW/BDwc/GbwRI/wmweI/vbxq mvgvwRKwfwK msMVb)

Which organization should take care of polder management (BWDB/LGED/NGO/CBO/Local communities)?

25.

Abvb ge, hw` Aviv wKQz ejZ Pvb? Additional comments, if any.

(Avcbv`i abev`)
Additional comments and notes by facilitator