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

Unskilled Semi-skilled Skilled

5-5 Transporting plants in polypots including unloading at site, using manual head-load:

(a) When the average distance is 0.1 km, and polypots are of size:
(i) 7 × 25 10,000 nos. 6

(ii) 10 × 25 10,000 nos. 15

(iii) 12 × 30 10,000 nos. 26

(iv) 20 × 40 10,000 nos. 97

(v) Extractors: 20 dia. × 40 ht 10,000 nos. 240

(vi) Extractors: 25 dia. × 45 ht 10,000 nos. 422

(b) When the average distance is 0.3 km, and polypots are of size:
(i) 7 × 25 10,000 nos. 9

(ii) 10 × 25 10,000 nos. 24

(iii) 12 × 30 10,000 nos. 41

(iv) 20 × 40 10,000 nos. 153

(v) Extractors: 20 dia. × 40 ht 10,000 nos. 377

(vi) Extractors: 25 dia. × 45 ht 10,000 nos. 663

(c) When the average distance is 0.5 km, and polypots are of size:
(i) 7 × 25 10,000 nos. 13

(ii) 10 × 25 10,000 nos. 33

(iii) 12 × 30 10,000 nos. 56

(iv) 20 × 40 10,000 nos. 208

(v) Extractors: 20 dia. × 40 ht 10,000 nos. 514

(Note: For a general case, see Table 22-5.)
Planting seedlings

5-6 Planting seedlings contained in polypots, including local transportation over a distance up to

250 m, treatment of pit with pesticide, and refilling of pit with soil after removal of pebbles,
etc., and collection and disposal of waste polypots:
(a) In flat or rolling terrain, where polypots are of size:
(i) 7 × 20 1,000 nos. 6