KONCHUR SUSTAINABLE MODEL VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT date:24.10.2016 K ONCHUR - S USTAINABLE M ODEL V ILLAGE D EVELOPMENT Contents V ISION 35 Facilities S CHOOL 10 Development Challenges in Konchur 36 Agriculture 62 Taluka Overview 11 Objectives 37 Mining 63 Konchur School 12 Women Centric Design 38 Arts and Crafts 64 Existing School Infrastructure 14 Principles 65 Existing School Plan 15 Team OILETS T 66 School Upgrade Proposal 17 Masterplan 40 Proposed Communal & Individual Toilets 67 Proposed Scalable Replicable Module 20 Planned Areas of Intervention 41 Women Centric Design 68 Proposed Module in Current Contexts 21 Timeline 42 Proposed Communal Toilet for Women 70 References 45 Exterior View Of The Community Toilet P ROFILE 47 Realistic View Of The Community Toilet D AIRY F ARM 24 Location 48 Toilets and Minimal Water Consumption 74 Exterior View of the Dairy Farm 25 Village Plan 49 Pilot - School Toilet 76 Plan of The Dairy Farm 26 People 50 Family Toilet 78 Dairy Farm-Phasing 27 Civic Hierarchy 53 Construction Of A Family Toilet 28 Climate & Topography 54 Advocacy and Participation P OWERHYDE - HOUSING 29 Water Sources 82 Powerhyde - housing 30 Rainwater W ATER 83 Section 31 Electricity ANAGEMENT M 84 Rainwater Harvesting 32 Toilets & Sewage 58 Water Management 85 Solar energy 34 Houses 59 Water Management Strategy 86 Water re-use 3. K ONCHUR - S USTAINABLE M ODEL V ILLAGE D EVELOPMENT 4. V ISION K ONCHUR - S USTAINABLE M ODEL V ILLAGE D EVELOPMENT CURRENT SITUATION 6. K ONCHUR - S USTAINABLE M ODEL V ILLAGE D EVELOPMENT IN 2030 IN 2030 7. K ONCHUR - S USTAINABLE M ODEL V ILLAGE D EVELOPMENT Introduction Why Konchur? Since Independence, India has experienced massive urbanisation. With economic liberalization When billionBricks team started looking for a rural region and village, it identified Konchur for of the 1990s, the pace further increased and it is expected that 40% of Indian population will following reasons- be residing in urban areas by 2030. The infrastructure in cities has lagged leading to shortage of homes, spread of slums and homelessness in cities. For most rural migrants, the quality of life is 1. bB’s team had prior contact with the community at Konchur worse in cities than in villages. 2. The community when approached was forthcoming for change including local leadership. 3. Konchur’s conditions fitted well with bB’s mission of addressing urban homeless since Konchur In order to reduce population pressure in cities it is important to improve opportunities and had high unemployment and educated youth with no opportunities incentives in rural areas. There is tremendous untapped potential in our villages and rural districts 4. Konchur was a size which could be managed and had enough potential for direct change and which can be harnessed with new livelihood options, improved infrastructure and an up gradation having a positive influence in the region of quality of life. 5. Konchur was close to a major employment center and railway junction- conditions which should have ideally brought in development billionBricks believes, a strong vision, clear planning strategy and stakeholder resourcefulness 6. Konchur and the neighboring district had additional long term potential to develop tourism can help transform rural areas. Could Konchur be a model for new rural development, which is replicable, scalable and empowers the local community to lead their development efforts and the The town of Wadi and Kalab urgi receive many business tourists with the cement and Limestone nation by example? industries in the region. ACC plants at Wadi, Limestone mines in Chitapur etc. allow for scope to integrate village tourism with the business visits. billionBricks and Architecture BRIO envision to empower Konchur to turn into a Model Village The villages in the region have a distinct vernacular style of construction with limestone blocks. (Adarsh gram) for New India by initiating strategic interventions and investments that are self The architecture serves as an attraction and can be a place of interest for tourists, students of scalable by the community. architecture and social sciences from Kalaburgi and neighbouring cities. A village which provides for a better, caring and empowering life through improved livelihood The Kalaburgi district has many heritage structures which attracts visitors from surrounding cities opportunities, upgraded infrastructure and skill development. and states. It is also one of the Sufi cities home to the Bande Nawaz Dargah, Ladle Mashak etc. apart from the Buddha Vihara, Sharana Basaveshwara Temple, Kalaburgi Fort, Tomb monuments The villagers and local leaders are keen on addressing their problems and participate in the local development. Community Participation and willingness to support and act is extremely important for such projects. The unemployed youth would get a platform to earn and participate in the process at the same time. 8. K ONCHUR - S USTAINABLE M ODEL V ILLAGE D EVELOPMENT Present day migration from the village to neighbouring cities In the present day scenario, a large number of people are migrating from the village to the nearby cities in search of work, livelihood and a better quality of CITY EXISTING VILLAGE life. But what if this scenario is reversed in the coming years and we could make the village a self sustained place where people are given more employment opportunities, a better standard of living and can attract the city dwellers to come invest in the village and promote it as a tourist friendly place ? UPGRADED VILLAGE City Dwellers moving to the upgraded village in 2030 9. K ONCHUR - S USTAINABLE M ODEL V ILLAGE D EVELOPMENT D EVELOPMENT C HALLENGES IN K ONCHUR Social Economic Status and Livelihoods: Most families are dependent on Agriculture as their Umad Saleem, a shop owner in Wadi. He said: “I have been living here for 30 years and the industry livelihoods. was there for such a long time but still in all these years no development has occurred in the area. The company has got three power stations but it is not provided to us. We do not receive proper Following key development challenges were identified by villagers during Gram Sabha held: drinking water and this area does not have any sanitation system and due this women suffer a great extent.” (Basu, 2014) 1. Due to long dry seasons and scarcity of water it is not a reliable income source. People are unemployed for about half a year. Debts: The labourers are given loan by the mine owners. The labourers then work for the owner 2. Many of the youth from Konchur are college pass outs and unemployed. There are no until and unless the loan is repaid. The labourers are poor. The loan that they take are spent to opportunities around and households are poor. fulfill their basic needs. They work for the mine owner for more than 12 hours a day. They are paid 3. The labourers in Limestone mines and cement factories are often trapped under a web of less and tortured if they stop working. (Basu, 2014) loans, illegal mining and occupational health disorders. They work more than 12 hours a day for meagre incomes. Average Per capita income of Karnataka is Rs 29,729 in 2007-08 while the average for Kalaburgi 4. Sanitation: Lack of public toilets, open defection practised my some households, no waste district is Rs 20,786. Kalaburgi comes under the Group IV that is Under Developed Districts of management system in place. Karnataka(H Shiddalingaswami, 2010) CHITAPUR- WHERE IT STANDS “Since Kalaburgi and Belgaum divisions are more backward compared to Mysore and Bangalore divisions. D.M. Nanjundappa committee suggested that 40 per cent and 20 per cent of the special Chitapur Youth Congress president Ranganath said that the taluk is lagging behind other development plan fund should be spent on different sectors of these division to reduce regional constituencies. “We don’t have proper roads, and that’s the main reason. Wadi is just 35km from imbalances.” Kalaburgi, and should take 30 minutes, but it takes us one-and-a-half hours.” (H Shiddalingaswami, 2010) Out of nearly 7000 self help groups promoted by various Non-government organizations in the district about 90% are women self-help groups. Industrialization in this area has not lead to any kind of profitable income generative options for the local people. According to the locals the industry has not done anything to help them to improve their lives. These people live in utter destitution with numerous problems. (Basu, 2014) 10. K ONCHUR - S USTAINABLE M ODEL V ILLAGE D EVELOPMENT O BJECTIVES + NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPGRADE INFRASTRUCTURE TO GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS OPPORTUNITIES STANDARDS C REATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE VILLAGE U PGRADE INFRASTRUCTURE TO IMPROVE LIFESTYLE AND CONDITIONS OF LIVING B UILD A SAFE , GREEN ENVIRONMENT WITH AMENITIES 1. To develop rural livelihood options with potential for scaling. 1. To develop a model for communal and family toilets with T O EMPOWER WOMEN - • Promote local entrepreneurship and partnership, a focus on women centric design, which is suitable to the P ROVIDING THEM WITH A PRIVATE SANITATION AND BATHING / CLEANING particularly among the women for new businesses region on the following parameters FACILITIES • Businesses around dairy, farming and stitching industries 2. Constructability and feasibility of sewage system – localised To improve water situation – • Build infrastructure and train community to run, manage, engineering • For short term: study and improve water management at grow and benefit from it 3. Use of local materials: Train people in improved building individual village level • Encourage womens participation in business enddeavours methodologies • For medium term: Carry out key infrastructure improvements for related to handicrafts and art promotion to enable 4. User friendly: Advocacy and education for sanitation and its long term sustainability of water infrastructure at village level empowerement and equal participation of women .