Establishing Vidyavanam at Ariyil U P School under Social Forestry Range Kannur

Clearing the area for preparation of ground work

Earthwork excavation 75cm depth by mechanical means (hydraulic excavator/manual means) over areas exceeding 30cm in depth, 1.5m in width as well as 10 sqm on plan including disposal of excavated earth, lead upto 50m and lift upto 1.5m and place top 25 cm soil separately.

Cost of dried cow dung including transportation, loading and unloading charges.

Cost of dried poultry manure including transportation, loading and unloading charges.

Cost of dried goat manure including transportation, loading and unloading charges

Cost of coir pith compost including transportation, loading and unloading charges.

Cost of rice husk including transportation, loading and unloading charges.

Cost of lime including transportation, loading and unloading charges.

Cost of neem cake including transportation, loading and unloading charges

Engaging mazdoors for removing roots stones, rubbles and other debris from excavated soil during excavation and mixing.

Mixing the bottom excavated soil, mixing thoroughly with ¾ quantity of coir pith compost and lime and filling the pit using hired excavator – rent of excavator

Mixing the top excavated soil mixing thoroughly with rice husk, goat manure poultry manure, neem cake and balance coir pith compost and filling the pit with excavator- rent for excavator.

Engaging mazdoor for making mount leveling the planting area, making inspection paths, demarcating squares with lime powder and making planting pits.

Cost of hey/discarded coir fibre for mulching including transportation, loading and unloading charges.

Cost of purchase of Big bag saplings of indigenous and RET tree species.

Cost of purchase of small bag saplings of indigenous and RET shrub and herbs and small tree species.

Transport of seedlings, loading, unloading and head load transportation to planting site.

Digging planting holes of size 30cm x 30cm for bigger basket saplings and planting bigger seedlings.

Covering planting pits, digging planting holes and planting small bag seedlings.

Supplying bamboo stakes 6 feet height and tying the seedling.

Providing sprinkler/drip irrigation system.

Engaging mazdoor for mulching

Steel work in built up tubular (round, square or rectangular hollow tubes etc.) trusses etc. including cutting, hoisting, fixing position and applying a priming coat of approved steel primer, including welding and bolted with special shaped washers etc.. complete. Hot finished welded type tubes.

Providing 4mm wire mesh with 1 x 1 inch spacing, including cost of material cutting, welding all labour charges, carrying of material etc…

Finishing with Epoxy paint (two or more coats) at all locations prepared and applied as per manufacture’s specifications including appropriate priming coat, preparation of surface etc. complete. On steel work

Cost of designing blogger, and creating posts for 150 species of plants, creating QR Codes for each species, DTP work for name boards and board for digital plant library

Supplying 3’ x 3’ boards with 20-gauge GI sheet rewetted on welded 1’ GI square pipe frame with a rain guard made of GI sheet, vinyl printing of name of species and QR Code link to Digital Plant library and fixing it to the board.

Supplying 4’ x 2’ board with 20-gauge GI sheet rewetted on welded 1’ GI frame and pasted with name Vidhyavanam printed.

Transportation cost and labour charges for loading, unloading, and fixing boards at Vidhyavanam.

Pruning the excess branches, double leaders in order to uplift the canopy twice a year in 1st , 2nd, 3rd and 4th year, clearing the weeds from outside around the fence

Documentation cost including photographs, videos, journal etc. for 5 years.