The National Consortium on NREGA.0009

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       Open up such works that ensure adquate days of work for the applicants and in sucha a manner that provides
       work within the prescribed time of 15 days
       Payment of wages within 15 days
       Ensure early resolve of the issues brought to the notice of mandal and district officials by the civil society
       organisations
       Ensure that all the posts of field assistants, technical assistants and program officers are filled
       Ensure that all the records at the village level are properly maintained by the village functionaries
       Ensure the availability of muster roll and work sanction details at the work place
     Share the copies of pay order and paid muster roll with the organisations for pasting it in the gram panchayat or
       verifying it with the wage seekers
       Take appropriate measures required to ensure all the worksite facilites, linkage with anganwadi for child care,
       supply of work tools for the landless poor
     Takeup the works for the development of SC/ST lands on priority for sanction and grounding proposed by the local
       organisations with the resolutions by labourers/farmers/panchayat

   Responsibilies of the civil society organisation
   The organisations/networks listed in the Annexure will take on the following responsibilities
      Ensure that the wage seekers in the village apply for work and obtain receipts
      Ensure that all the records are updated at village level by the village level program functionaries
      Ensure that all the work site facilites are provided by the program functioanires
      Ensure that the functionaires arrange boards for display with all the work details at the worksite
      Ensure that the paid musterroll is readout to all the wageseekers
      Work towards ensuring around 2000 wageseekers in a mandal get 100 days of work on demand in a year
      Ensure that the wages are paid within 15 days of work
      Participate in Social audit
      Identify land and other resource development works related to SC and ST and put up for approval and grounding
      to the mandal officials
      Ensure that single women, aged, disabled and SC, ST wage seekers are not discriminated in NREGS

  Review and coordination:
         All the organisaitons party to the agreement will be allowed
              to participate in the official weekly Monday meetings at mandal level
              to participate in the official monthly review meeting at the district level along with Program officers
         A bi-monthly review meeting with Commissioner, Rural Development will be conducted on the operationalisation of
         MOU and implementation of NREGS
         Any shortcomings and issues in operationalisation of MOU will be discussed in bi-monthly meeting with CRD and
         appropriate steps will be taken to rectify
    As per the enclosed Annexure, the listed organisations will work in respective villages and mandals and respective
    local organisaitons are responsible for the tasks mentioned in the agreement
    Costs of conducting any meetings and training programs as part of this agreement and on prior approval will be borne
    by respective District Water Management Agencies or Commissioner, Rural Development Department. In addition to
    that no financial support will be provided to the organisations party to this agreement
    Both the parties mutually agree to fullfill the responsibilities mentioned in the MOU for securing employment gurantee
right to the poor

   Date:

   Rural Development Department                                                                              for CSO
   Shantha Kumari
   Commissioner




In the Kadiri mandal REDS has tried out four models of shades for work sites and the
Department has entrusted the task of piloting and finalizing the models to the
organization. For a complete report on all shades tested by REDS along with design
specifications, see REDS (2008)




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                                      Shades Designed by REDS



       One person can easily carry the tent
       to any of the worksites. The tent can
       be easily assembled and erected in
       just 20 minutes by a single person.




4 types of portable shades have been designed and developed using different types of material such as green
net, hard cloth, tarpaulin and hardcanvas are used. A ¾ inch dia MS pipe of hard quality is used to enable a
strong structure for the shades / tents. Simple nuts and bolts are used for assembling and erecting the
structure. Wellcrow tape is used to fasten the material used for the shade.
All the models have been tested in different worksites. It has been observed that the shade could make a
difference in temperature to the tune of 12oC. A shade can accommodate from 20 to 40 persons depending on
the model. Wageseekers especially women feel safe, and their privacy is safeguarded.It is also convenient to
eat inside the shade when the sun is hot.
The shades cost between Rs 3,700/- to 5,000/- depending on the model.




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                                 Wage seekers inside the shade




Shri K. Raju, Principle Secretary, Rural Development. GoAP reviews the shades designed by REDS




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Model                         REDS Model 1: Green Net Shade
Weight                        26 Kgs
Material Used              Structure    : 1' dia hard steel pipe
                           Roof          : Garden Net (Green Net)
                           Roof          : Garden Net (Green Net)
                           Size           : 10' x 14'
                           Pipe length : 10'
                           90' pipe required
                           35 Sq.mts green net required
                           Wellcrow Tape, Iron pipe Brackets, Nuts and Bolts
Time required for erection 20 minutes by two persons.
Mobility                       Two persons can carry or it can be transported by bicycle.
Quality of Shade        The material used for a shade is a Green Net, which has very tiny
                        holes enabling people to see from inside, it is excellent and
                        comfortable and full of air circulation.
Rain and Wind Tolerance It is a comfortable shade with good air circulation but it will not
                        withstand rain.
                        It will withstand wind because the pipe structure is fixed into the ground.
Accommodation/ Capacity Accommodates 35 persons in ideal conditions and 25 persons can
                        comfortable eat inside it.
Durability              The life of the green net is 1 year. The Iron pipes will last for a minimum
                        of 4 years.
Needs no expertise      30 minutes orientation is sufficient to erect, and all pipes and brackets
                        are marked with numbers with the help of which they can be erected
                        very easily.
Cost                    Rs 3,850
Remarks                       This model has a special advantage that the erected shade can be
                              shifted or direction can be changed according to the sunshine.



Model                          REDS Model 2: Tarpaulin Shade
Weight                         30 Kgs
Material Used              Structure : 1' dia hard steel pipe
                           Roof : Tarpaulin
                           Size : 8' x 8'
                           Shed height : 7'
                           95' pipe and 15 mts tarpaulin, wellcrow tape, iron pipe brackets, nuts
                           and bolts
Time required for erection 25 minutes by two persons.
Mobility                       Two persons can carry or it can be transported by bicycle.
Quality of Shade               Good and dark shade; being tarpaulin, it also durable.
Rain and Wind Tolerance        Withstands both wind and rain well.
Accommodation/ Capacity It accommodates 20 persons in ideal condition and 12 persons can eat
                        comfortably.
Durability                     The Tarpaulin life is of 2 years, the iron pipes will last for 4 years
Needs no expertise             It takes only 30 minutes to erect the shade structure and needs only one
                               person, and all pipes and brackets are marked with numbers so that
                               they can be assembled very easily .
Cost                           Rs 4,400
Remarks                        This model is ideal for small groups




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