Temporary flood resilient phaydemand shauchalay (ECO-san) @ Chaidha, a recent flood

affected village in Khagaria, Bihar

ByThe Sanitation Squad

(Residents of Chaidha, Khagaria; Thumbimpression Collaborative, Ahmedabad; National Centre for Peoples Action in Disaster Preparedness, Ahmedabad; People in Centre, Ahmedabad; Arghyam, Bengaluru; Samta, Khagaria and Megh Pyne Abhiyan, Delhi)

September 2016

Status of Chaidha between August 26 - September 05, 2016

Assessment and consultation was held before initiating work on the flood resilient and temporary

phaydemand shauchalay (Day 1)

Process – Procurement of raw materials (Day 2)

Bamboo/ Baas

Local Thread/ Fitta Oil Tin Split Bamboo

Water Drum

Process – Identifying human resources (skilled and unskilled)

Pits for erection of Bamboo column

Artisans working on Eco- san

Day 2…

Process (Day 2)

Digging pits

Sharpening the bamboo

Bamboo Joinery

Process (Day 2)

Wrapping the bamboo with plastic sheet before pitching it in the ground

Sharpening the bamboo

Bamboo Joinery

One of the bamboo columns being pitched

Process (Day 2)

Making Bamboo Pins

Making of Joinery Bamboo Joinery

Process

Erecting Bamboo Columns Making of Bamboo Frame

At the end of day 2…

Process - Making of compost drum (Day 3)

Compost Drum

Process - Making of compost drum (Day 3)

Process (Day 3)

Process

Using Split Bamboo as Flooring material

Installing drum for compost and fixing flooring

At the end of day 3…

Process (Day 4)

Installing Bamboo ladder

Installing Bamboo roof

Process (Day 4)

Cross Bracing the structureCovering the roof

At the end of day 4…

Process (Day 5)

Compost pit installed under split bamboo floor to collect excreta, urine and back wash water separately

Process (Day 5)

Bamboo floor

By the end of day 5

Temporary and flood resilient phaydemand shaucahaly aka ECO-san

Costing…

Item Quantity Rate CostingBamboo 20 pieces Rs 170/piece 3400

Lashing - Fitta 2 kg Rs 180/kg 360Plastic drum 2 Rs 300/piece 600Tin container 3 Rs 20/piece 60Thin plastic 10 pieces Rs 20/piece 200Syl-polene 459 sq feet 400Plastic bag 6 bags Rs 25/bag 150

Sand 3 bags Rs 60/bag 180Brick bats 25 pieces Rs 7/piece 175

Dabiya mistri (Bamboo worker) 6 human days Rs 350/day 2100

Labourer(Unskilled) 3 human days Rs 300/day 900

TOTAL 8525

The beginning…(As of September 10, 2016 @ 1822 hrs)