Lok Sabha Question No. 3713 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Technology Developed by NIRD
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .3713

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.1 2.2016

## TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY NIRD

## 3713. SHRI KESINENI NANI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  kind  of  construction  technology developed  by  National  Institute  of  Rural Development  (NIRD)  to  support  low  cost  housing  and  toilet  development  in  r areas;
- (b) the means by which these technologies are shared with the g round level implementation agencies and village panchayats so that best practices can be by villages;
- (c) whether NIRD supports entrepreneurs in developing new technologies for rural and help them in commercialising the same; and
- (d) if s o, the details of such technologies which have been developed commercialised?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

( a) : The National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD& PR) worked  on  various  eco - friendly  and  cost  effective  building  technologies  in  its Technology Park for creating awareness of the said building technologies and constru model  houses.  The  name  of  such  structure/houses  are  (1) Stabilised  Mud  Bloc k  House Traditional House in Hot and Arid Gujarat, (2)W tle and Daub Houses - Sikkim Typology,(3)  Stone  Masonry  Houses - Himalayan  Typology  (Uttarakhand  &  Himachal Pradesh),(4)  Stone  Patti  Houses - Traditional  Houses  in  Hot  and  Arid  Rajasthan,  (5) Traditional Mud Houses-Karnataka Housing Typology(COB Technique) (6) Ferro - Cement Channel Construction -IAY Model House,(7) Brick Dome Structure - Panchayati Houses, (8) Jack  Arch  Unit - Rural  shops,(9)  Brick  Panel  House - (CBRI  Roorkee  Technology,  (10)Rat Trap Bond Brick W ork House, (11) Bamboo House - Traditional House in NE Regions, (12) Filler Slab Dwelling House, (13) Mud Block Structure with Sun Dried Mud Blocks - Top with Guna  Conical  Tyles &  (14)  Laterite  Stone  Construction(Goa,  Maharashtra,  Ker Karnataka,  Deccan  Pen insula. These  models  were  constructed  mainly  based  on  the  Dr. Laurie Baker Technologies.

Apart from above housing typologies twenty four (24) numbers of sanitation/ models were also constructed and displayed at Rural Technology Park n amely (1)Conventional Model Based Septic Tank (2)Two pit latrine with flap seal pan and work,  (3)Twin  pit  latrine  with  brick  panel,  (4)Twin  pit  latrine  with  pre - cast  concrete blocks,(5) Circular twin pit toilet with bricks, (6)Circular twin pit toil et with pre cast RCC wings, (7)Bamboo mat ply super structure,(8) Bamboo reinforced leach pit, (9)Singl pit  toilet  with  P - trap  pan,(10)  Burnt  clay  segment  leach  pit,  (11)Modified  Midnap toilet,(12) Eco Sanitation toilet, (13)Anganwadi toilet block , (14)School sanitation toilet & Urinal block, (15)Community toilet & Urinal block,(16) Soak pit for bathroom platfo Spill  water  recycling  model,  (18)Household  Vermin  Compost  Unit,  (19)Nedep  Compos

Unit,  (20)Deenbandhu  Biogas  Plant  with  toilet,  (21 )Gappi  Fish  Tank,  (22)Ferro  Cement Tank, (23)Waterless Urinal and (24)Bio - Toilet.

( b) : Housing  Technologies  developed  at  Rural  Technology  Park  at  NIRD&PR were shared with the ground level implementing agencies and village panchayats th various  means  su ch  as  screening  of  films,  printed  brochures,  Books,  trainees,  educa institutions,  Govt.  Departments,  Civil  Engineering  students,  Practical  training Masons/Self Help Groups/ Engineers, Hands on training and deploying engineering st the v illages/panchayats wherever the works have been commenced.

(c )& (d) : Yes Madam, The NIRD& PR through Rural Technology Park identifies and invites appropriate technology units/ entrepreneurs relevant for livelihoods to est units as production - cum - training on partnership basis. The training is given by the tech partners themselv es, the trainees are able to get motivated for starting their enterp an objective to promote the innovations and to support commercialization. With the the  technology  unit  partners,  some  technologies  have  been  developed  such  as  V Comp ost, Natural Dye, Leaf Plate and Cups Making, Handmade paper conversion, Solar -hydrator and freezing technologies and Solar mini lanterns. Identification technologies  relevant  for  the  rural  areas,  a  group  has  been  formed  with  eminent scie ntists under the banner 'Rural Technology Alliance.'

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