Welcome to Utthan
Utthan: Centre for Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation Founded in 1996, Utthan operates in surface soil mined areas around cities, degraded forest lands, dry lands and wastelands. Its projects cover distressed migration areas, backward and inaccessible areas with poor community and communication, areas with deficits in food, nutrition and health support. These include 10 districts in Uttar Pradesh, 2 districts in Chhattisgarh and 4 districts in Madhya Pradesh States. "Our mission is to create opportunities for sustainable economic, social and ecological development by adopting and promoting schemes/programmes that are pro-disadvantaged community and pro-environment”.
Utthan’s main activities are:
- Demonstrating and promoting agroforestry models in different ecosystems.
- Promoting herbal medicines.
- Developing technology for cultivation of Jatropha curcas in degraded lands for biodiesel production.
- Demonstrating watershed management, rainwater harvesting and ground water recharge for augmenting water availability.
- Reclaiming degraded land through watershed development.
- Implementing Joint Forest Management strategies for curbing deforestation.
- Literacy and adult education programs.
- Health and Sanitation programs and health fairs.
