Posted in 2009


Floor and Wall Tiling Work Started

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Tiling of all the floors, bathroom/toilet walls, kitchen and kitchen wash area has been started.

I only managed to get a chance to take photos of the bathroom/toilet tiling work before I left, so that’s all you can see for now.

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Separate Piping For Drinking Water Being Installed

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

One interested buyer of the homes asked about how we accommodated the separate drinking water that the society gets, be it limited to a few hours a day.

After asking a few people about this, which I was not aware of at all, I was advised that in the future all homes should have a regular supply of drinking water and hence piping for it should be installed.

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Resolving Rights and Morals

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

A family in the UK wanted my help in resolving a property ownership and rights issue in India after having issues with someone who jointly owns the property in India.

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450 Trees Planted (with a success rate of 99.33%).

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

After the water channels were dug by the JCB, we [my team and about 8 labourers] planted 450 trees mostly around the perimeter wall of the farm.

We were kindly shown by the seller of the trees how to plant them and we were advised that we would know if the trees had taken to the new soil within a few days, as otherwise they would start drying out.

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Plastering Work Almost Complete

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

I’ve been looking over the plastering work on the Nidhi Park homes and getting soem of the plastering to a level that I am happy with.

Most of the interiors have been completed and the front of the homes remain to be done.

Tiling the floors and some of the kitchens and�bathrooms/toilets will be the next stage.

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The JCB Is Back – This Time Making Water Channels For Farming

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

I hired a JCB again.

This time to make water channels mainly around the perimeter for the farm and some other perimeter areas to create water channels.

The well in the corner will provide water to the whole farm using the channels, so we needed to make sure that the channels were dug at the correct levels for the water to reach the opposite part of the farm to where the well is.

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Land Being Farmed Properly After Many Years

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

It has been many years since a piece of land has been farmed properly, with the main reason being that there was not a perimiter wall to stop stary animals, no accomodation for farmers and the wells on the land had caved in.

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