Costing and Estimation ofWorks - Afforestation, Reforestation and Forest Restoration in Arid and Semi-arid Tropics - page 135

Table 7.1 (continued)
Sr. No. Item specifications Unit of work Required man-days

Unskilled Semi-skilled Skilled

(a) Where posts are fixed in mud concrete in situ 100 nos. 4

(b) Where posts are fixed in lime concrete in situ 100 nos. 5

(c) Where posts are fixed in precast cement concrete blocks 100 nos. 5

3-22 Fabrication and fixing of gate of two panels of size 1.5 × 1.5 m, made of locally available

wooden posts, battens, braces, thorns, and old barbed-wire pieces, the gate having sufficient
strength and stability to last 5 years

10 nos. 50

3-23 Fixing of a pre-fabricated signboard, of size 0.60 × 0.90 m with 2.2 m high legs of angle iron,

in ground using in situ lime concreting, including digging of pits and local transportation

10 nos. 10

3-24 Cutting of branches of Euphorbia 60 cm or more, in oblique direction with a sharp implement,

and planting these along fence in pits 15 cm deep, or in trench of section 15

1,000 nos. 14

× 15 cm, or on

bunds, including transportation from mean distance up to 1 km

3-25 Cutting of branches of Ipomea or Jatropha, 60 cm or more, in oblique direction with a sharp

implement, and planting these along fence in pits 15 cm deep, or in trench of
section 15

1,000 nos. 5

× 15 cm, or on bunds, transporting these from mean distance up to 1 km

3-26 Uprooting clumps of Vetiveria or Saccharum roots 15 cm or more, separating these into slips,

and planting these along fence in pits 15 cm deep, or in trench of section 15

1,000 nos. 5

× 15 cm, or on

bunds, including transportation from mean distance up to 1 km

3-27 Uprooting clumps of Agave , size 45 cm or more, separating these into parts, and planting these

along fence in pits 15 cm deep, or in trench of section 15

1,000 nos. 30

× 15 cm, or on bunds, including

transportation from mean distance up to 1 km

100 m 2 3-28 Cutting and dressing of thorny growth of species like Prosopis juliflora , Acacia nilotica ,

Carissa carandus , etc. into a hedge of compact shape including disposal of branches, twigs,
and thorns

5

3-29 Erection of fence out of thorn of Zyzyphus or other thorny shrubs, the mid-thickness of the

compact fence being 75 cm, base 90 cm, and height 1.20 m, the fence being overlain with
soil heaped on toes to secure it in position against force of winds, where
(a) Thorn is cut and brought from a mean distance of up to 500 m 100 m 15

(b) Thorn is cut and brought from a mean distance of more than 500 m and up to 1000 m 100 m 18