Rehabilitation of Jabalpur Earthquake
         Victims                           
                                           
         Background                        
         An earthquake of 6.1 on the Richter
         Scale hit Jabalpur district in    
         Madhya Pradesh on 22nd May 1997.  
                                           
         



         • Damage to aioroximately 30,0000
         houses in urban areas.            
         • Equally widespread damage in rural
         areas.                            
         • Extensive damage to economy and 
         life of the people.               
                                           
         HUDCO’s Helping Hand              
         • HUDCO has offered a loan package
         of Rs. 144 25 crores for the rehabilitation
         of the Earthquake victims in Jabalpur
         at a very low Interest rate of    
         9 per cent with interest waiver   
         for the first three years.        
                                           
         • A5 on date HLJDcO nas sanctioneo
         a loan amount of Rs. 60.30 crores 
         for reconstruction of 8648 housing units
         and repair/retrofitting of 13333  
         housIng units.                    
                                           
         • HUOCO has sanctioned five Building
         centres in the affected areas.    
                                           
         • Training Imparted to the local  
         artisans and construction supervisors
         on the Disaster Resistant technologies.
                                           
         • HUDCO adopted two villages to   
         be developed as model villages    
                                           
         Role of HUDCO in Jabalpur Earthquake Rehabilitation
         Project                           
                                           
         HUDCO intervention in Planning    
         and Design                        
         l-luDco has adopted two villages, 
         namely Ghana and Kausamghat for   
         rehabilitation, using earthquake  
         resistant features to be developed
         as Model Villages.                
                                           
         HUDCO’s initiatives               
                                           
         Mapping and detailed documentation
         of structural damage.             
                    V Roy~ cnief                      
                  SK Goel - Dv Chief                
         5K Sofleja - Asstt Chief          
         Design & Development wing, l-flJDGO
                                           
                                           
                                           
         • Village planning and new construction
         in Rausamghat.                    
                                           
         • Envlronmentai improvement and   
         infrastructure provisions in both 
         vliiages.                         
                                           
         • Setting up of 5 Building centres
         In the area.                      
                                           
         • Putting up model demonstration  
         housing units in the premises     
         of each of the S Building centres.
                                           
         • Setting up Of HUD~O fieid monitoring
         office at Jabaipur for effective  
         coordination.                     
                                           
         • Organising training programmes  
         and exhibitions for information   
         dissemination.                    
                                           
         • circulation of brochures on Do’s
         and Don’ts in construction.       
                                           
                                           
         Reconstruction of Viliage Kausamghat
         This smaii village, being the     
         etricentre, was worst affected during
         the earthquake. Most of the houses
         had mud and thatch construction   
         and over 90 per cent of the houses were
         damaged. Since the village was    
         situated in an unfavourable location
         and prone to flooding during monsoons,
         it was felt desirable to relocate 
         the village. Due to lack of non-availability
         of the alternative suitable site, 
         District authorities decided      
         to rehabilitate the village on    
         the same site.                    
         me pianning approacn aimea at     
         iaentifying iana pockets which    
         were above normal flood level     
         observed during monsoons These    
         land pockets were divided into    
         pockets on each plot a house with 
         incremental upgradation options,  
         has been designed. Efforts have   
         been made to group these houses   
         in a cluster form, wherever possible. Individual
         latrines with twin-leach pit      
         system have been provided in each 
         Dwelling Unit.                    
                                           
         The village has been planned to   
         make it a Adarsh Gram! a Model    
         village                           
                                           
       

























































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       Layout Plan of Kausamghat Village