Eco-compatible houses for tribal communities in Idukki
IDUKKI: Eco-compatible model housing method for tribal communities is a special home construction method that aims to reduce the number of concrete homes in the forest areas.
The method was recently implemented at Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Idukki by former Chinnar wildlife warden and present Thrissur social forestry ACF P M Prabhu.
The method was recently implemented at Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Idukki by former Chinnar wildlife warden and present Thrissur social forestry ACF P M Prabhu.
One eco-compatible home has already been constructed and handed over to Gopalan, a resident of Chinnar and the construction works of another two are ongoing. The homes were constructed with the fund of environment and climate change department, said officials.
“There are traditional and old methods for the ethnic forest dwelling communities to build houses with the locally available raw materials, which will gratify local climate issues,” said Prabhu. “Most of the houses built by ethnic communities with the help of local self-government funds or other government funds were concrete structures with metallic roofs, without using any of the locally available raw materials,” he said.
“There are traditional and old methods for the ethnic forest dwelling communities to build houses with the locally available raw materials, which will gratify local climate issues,” said Prabhu. “Most of the houses built by ethnic communities with the help of local self-government funds or other government funds were concrete structures with metallic roofs, without using any of the locally available raw materials,” he said.
Praveen P Mohandas, architect of the homes said, “The eco-compatible houses will be built using hollow mud blocks called ‘Kurudees’ that require very little cement. Roofs will be paved with clay tiles and supported by an iron framework. The speciality of the homes is that it can be built for Rs 3.5 lakh.”
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“These homes built with these mud blocks are capable of adjusting to the climatic changes in the region. In other forest areas we can change the construction methods of the eco-compatible homes to suit the climate conditions of the area,” said Mohandas.
P M Prabhu and architect Praveen P Mohandas presented the eco-compatable housing method at a two-day work shop on ethnography and houses of Muthuvan community of idukki organized by Kerala Institute for Research Training & Development studies of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe (Kirtads) at Munnar last week. “We hope that Kirtads will adopt the eco-compatible housing methods in the future. I already submitted a report to the eco-compatible housing method to the top officials of the forest department,” said Prabhu.
P M Prabhu and architect Praveen P Mohandas presented the eco-compatable housing method at a two-day work shop on ethnography and houses of Muthuvan community of idukki organized by Kerala Institute for Research Training & Development studies of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe (Kirtads) at Munnar last week. “We hope that Kirtads will adopt the eco-compatible housing methods in the future. I already submitted a report to the eco-compatible housing method to the top officials of the forest department,” said Prabhu.
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