Urur Olcott Kuppam Model / Final Report

URUR OLCOTT KUPPAM MODEL / Community-based restructuring of the built environment and public infrastructure for a sustainable future

An initiative by Urban Design Collective / UDC & The Madras Office for Architects and Designers / MOAD

What is .....

Urur Olcott Kuppam Model / is an initiative for improving the quality of life in underprivileged urban settlements with a focus on basic infrastructure - access to water & sanitation and reimagining this as community space.

Urur Olcott Kuppam Model / is a communitydriven initiative of working with villagers who want to understand their choices and influence their own collective futures in a sustainable manner.

Urur Olcott Kuppam Model / has the following main focus areas• Water and Sanitation • Waste Management • Community Spaces When implemented, it will also demonstrate a significant leap forward in the following crosscutting themes• Rights for vulnerable communities • Gender Equality rights • Health and Hygiene • Protection of livelihoods • Environmental Protection

How did this all begin?

It all started as a request from K. Saravanan, Secretary of Urur Kuppam Fisher Cooperative Society and a campaigner with local NGO Coastal Resource Centre to revisit their shelved project to design and build a sewage treatment plant.

And then we visited the Kuppam............

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The Project

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URUR OLCOTT KUPPAM The metropolitan city of Chennai is an agglomeration of urban villages. These predominantly include traditional Hindu settlements built around a temple, weaver settlements and fishing villages located along the shoreline. While most other historic villages in the city have been absorbed in the rapid pace of urbanization, the fishing villages along the coast have survived on account of the basic need for fishermen to live in close proximity to the sea. However, these fishing villages are subject to inequitable distribution of resources from the city that have over time, been forced into a poor living conditions.

Urur Olcott kuppam is a historic fishing village in Chennai; kuppam is a word used to refer to a settlement of people with similar occupation. Despite being adjacent to an affluent neighbourhood and in the same administrative ward, the infrastructure in the kuppam of roughly 1500 people is poor to non-existent in comparison. The village suffers in terms of inadequate water supply and sanitation, poor waste management as well as lack of shared community spaces for the residents. 46% of the houses do not have toilets and 69% of houses do not have provision for sanitation. As a result, open defecation and open drains that flow onto the shore are a common sight. The sewage on the shore also contaminates the ground water. In addition, one-third of the women of the village defecate in the open.

Fishermen from Urur Olcott Kuppam spend much of their workday on the shores--they clean, mend and store fishing nets there. The lack of public spaces in the settlement also means that the shore is used by children to play and by women to meet and greet. The overflowing garbage bins placed along the shore line and sewage seeping on to the shore poses a threat to their health.

The journey so far...

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1 / PROJECT INITIATION / Dialogue with the Community members and local panchayat / Define Project Goals UDC, MOAD, Coastal Resource Centre & Urur Kuppam Fisher Cooperative Society

2 / URBAN DOCUMENTATION / Physical Mapping / Household Surveys UDC, MOAD, Volunteers from Social Studies and Architecture schools

3 / DATA DIGITIZATION / Data Verification / Data Correction / Generating Spatial Maps UDC, MOAD

4 / VISION DEVELOPMENT / Community Meeting / Vision Development UDC, MOAD, Coastal Resource Centre, Urur Kuppam Fisher Cooperative Society and External Experts

5 / NEXT STEPS / Taking it forward UDC, MOAD, Coastal Resource Centre, Urur Kuppam Fisher Cooperative Society, External Experts and Implementation Bodies

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PROJECT INITIATION / Dialogue with the Community The initiation of the project involved several visits to the kuppam and dialogue with the community. The primary concerns of the kuppam were guaged through conversations with residents and together with the Urur Kuppam Fisher Cooperative Society, the project brief was outlined to address the following: / Sewage + Sullage outflow on the Beach / Lack of Toilet Infrastructure / Improper Garbage Disposal

“Our settlement has been in existence even before Chennai was formed, but we have been denied our basic sanitation and garbage infrastructure that we are entitled to” -Saravanan, Secretary of Urur Olcott Kuppam Panchayat

1 Fishermen mending their fish nets on the beach 2 Saravanan, Secretary of Urur Olcott Kuppam Panchayat giving Mahesh,MOAD an orientation 3 Community playing traditional board game ‘Dhaayam’ in the open space.

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URBAN DOCUMENTATION / Physical Mapping It also became quickly evident that there was a severe lack of data about the demographics, existing infrastructure and services for the kuppam. Even a map showing the layout of the kuppam was non-existent. Therefore, a detailed documentation process was undertaken which included two components • Physical Mapping and • Household Surveys With lack of funding to hire surveyors, the physical mapping was done manually through the help of students and volunteers.

“The house is filled with the foul smell that emanates from the open sewage flowing out on to the shore. The children find it very hard and it gets harder to live like this everyday. ”

-Parvathi, Mother of two, residing at Urur Kuppam

1-3 UDC and MOAD team physically mapping Urur Olcott Kuppam with volunteer support 4-5 Volunteers collating information 6 RV College of Architecture students physically mapping Urur Olcott Kuppam

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URBAN DOCUMENTATION / Household Survey Household surveys involved surveying every household in the kuppam to find particulars about its residents, details of the physical fabric of the house, facilities and services available in their houses. Data related to their water consumption, defecation and waste discharge pattern was also recorded.

“Women feel unsafe to walk to the open ground in the night in order to urinate. So we either have to go a relative house who has a toilet or we are forced to hold it in till the break of dawn”

-Kumudha,Resident at Urur Kuppam

1-3 UDC and MOAD team conducting Household surveys at the kuppam

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DATA DIGITIZATION / Generation of Spatial Maps / Data verification and Correction The urban documentation resulted in two sets of information- a manually drawn map of the kuppam and detailed household level data. These were then digitized and spatial data maps were generated by overlaying the two sets of data.

The generated spatial data maps were verified numerous times to minimize discrepancies. The corrected maps were compiled together to form a comprehensive overview of the existing conditions at Urur Olcott Kuppam.

“Now a days, when you pump out water from the ground, I can smell the sewage contamination in it.”

-Kannan,Fisherman residing at Urur Kuppam

1 Collating hand-drawn physical maps 2 Cross-checking among the team to verify collected data 3 Verifying the collated data with members from the local panchayat

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Spatial Data / ZONE MAP The kuppam was divided into 19 zones for ease of documentation, surveying and Verification of the data. The alphabets represent the different zones of the kuppam.

These were assigned strictly for internal reference purposes.

This map also shows the landmarks in the kuppam like temples and grocery stores for a better sense of orientation. Street lights and the Sintex water tanks are marked along the beach for the same purpose.

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Spatial Data / HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION MAP We also discovered that many houses did not have house numbers and several houses had the same house number. We therefore also provided reference numbers within each zone to avoid confusions. The Household Information map was accompanied by a list of resident names and corresponding house numbers/ reference numbers.

The numbers marked in RED are house numbers as specified by the residents and the numbers marked in BLACK are reference numbers for the houses. This helped the residents to identify their houses on the map and verify information pertaining to their household at a subsequent community meeting.

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Spatial Data / BUILDING TYPOLOGY MAP This Map shows the three types of houses/buildings in the kuppam / Thatched houses / Houses with masonry walls and Keeth (thatch) roof/Asbestos roof / Concrete Houses.

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Spatial Data / BUILDING HEIGHTS This Map shows the height of every building in the kuppam. There were three categories of heights: / Ground floor / Ground floor+1 / Ground floor+2

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Spatial Data / TOILET INFRASTRUCTURE MAP This Map shows the toilet infrastructure in the kuppam: / Houses with toilets / Houses without toilets 46% of the houses are not equipped with toilets and these dwellings are primarily along the shore. The houses closer to the Ellaiamman Koil Street are equipped with toilets as they have the provision to connect their waste water pipe to the Corporation Sewage Pipeline.

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Spatial Data / DEFECATION PATTERN MAP- MEN This map shows where the men in the houses defecate / Home / Public Toilet / Public toilet + Open Defecation / Open Defecation 46% of men use the toilets at home and 15% use poorly maintained public toilets.

Of the remaining, 30% defecate in open by the shore or the open land and 9% alternate between public toilet and defecate in open.

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Spatial Data / DEFECATION PATTERN MAP- WOMEN This map shows where the Women in the houses defecate.: / Home / Public Toilet / Public toilet + Open Defecation / Open Defecation Although the infrastructure provision is the same for men and women in a household, the results for women defecation showed varied results from that of the men.

53% of women use toilets at home, 15% use ill-maintained public toilets, 14% use alternate between public toilet and defecate in open. This happens during early hours and dark hours. 18% defecate in open land nearby.

The percentage of women who defecate in open is lesser compared to men, because they find it unsafe at night. They either use the public toilet or use toilets at their neighbour’s/ relative’s houses.

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Spatial Data / WASTE DISCHARGE PATTERN MAP This map shows the various ways in which waste water is discharged from every house: / Black water + Grey water released on the shore (Houses with Toilets) / Grey water released on the shore (Houses without Toilets) / Septic Tank for Black water + Grey water released on the shore (Houses with Toilets) / Septic Tank for Black + Grey Water / Corporation Sewage Pipeline 59% of the houses release grey water into the open and 10% of the houses discharge black water and grey water onto the sea shore, posing a major health hazard in the process.

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VISION DEVELOPMENT / Community Meeting A community meeting was organised where MOAD, UDC, Coastal Resource Centre and fisher cooperative societies of Urur and Olcott Kuppams presented the results of the surveys and the generated spatial maps. We helped the residents to read the maps, locate their houses in it and verify the information listed for their house. Also, we discussed the possible strategies and solutions to improve the existing conditions to take the project forward.

These maps were collectively analysed with the community to understand their needs and to come up with a schematic vision for the kuppam. A proposal was also presented by the team that included designing a sewage treatment system to address the current issues of sewage outflow onto the beach and photo montages of how the kuppam could transform with continued cooperation from its residents.

1-3 UDC & UDC Team helping the community to read the maps

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1-2 MOAD & UDC Team explaining the spatial maps and the possible scenarios to the community.

3 Coastal Resource Centre, MOAD and UDC members in conversation with the community.

4-6 MOAD & UDC Team clarifying doubts raised by the kuppam during the presentation.

7 Coastal Resource Centre talking about the garbage infrastructure at the kuppam.

8 Community members making suggestions on the design of future scenarios.

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VISION DEVELOPMENT / SCHEMATIC SEWAGE TREATMENT MAP Together with external sanitation experts and input from the community, a schematic proposal was designed to collect and treat the sewage discharged on to the beach.

The preliminary proposal involved collecting and carrying the waste water that is discharged from the streets that are perpendicular to the shore line onto it to a DEWATS treatment plan at the northern end of the kuppam.

EXISTING An underused community space in Urur Olcott Kuppam

VISION / Provision of Public Infrastructure / Provision of Community Toilets / Provision of Community Space

EXISTING The shoreline- Polluted with garbage and sewage from open drains that flow onto it.

Despite all this, children, women and fishermen actively use this space on an everyday basis and resulting in health issues.

VISION / Child-safe and hygienic beach-front free of open sewage drain / Beach-front free of debris and garbage / Multi-purpose platforms along the shore to dry fish and make and mend fishing nets

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NEXT STEPS The project proposal for Urur Olcott kuppam was developed in conjunction with the local community after analysing the existing situation at the kuppam and discussing possible future scenarios. It is comprised of 5 broad components:

/ Provision of Sanitation Infrastructure / Solid Waste Management / Provision of Public Toilets / Reimagining community space / Knowledge Transfer

Thanks to the intervention of an eminent retired senior bureaucrat who attended the Vizha and the Living History tour, the village managed to secure a meeting with the Managing Director, Metro Water.

Metro Water has now prepared a proposal for linking the un-connected portions of the village to the main sewer line. The Village Administration, assisted by the organisations and people supporting its efforts, is approaching elected representatives for financial support to execute the project.

/ Provision of Sanitation Infrastructure

/ Design sanitation infrastructure through a participatory design process.

MOAD, UDC & External experts / Acquire permission from the Government Coastal Resource Centre & Urur Kuppam / Identify implementation stra Coastal Resou

/ Solid Waste Management

/ Conduct waste quantification surveys + analysis // Conduct waste qua Coastal Resource Centre & External experts Coastal / Conduct awareness campaign for behaviour change - Design UDC & External experts / Arrive at community-driven solid was UDC & External experts / Implement of UD

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/ Discuss issues with the community // Salvage existing toilets and building n MOAD, UDC & Coastal Resource Centre MOAD & UDC / Identify solutions to mitigate existing conditions MOAD, UDC & External experts / Identify implementation strategies and f Coastal Resource Centre & U / Design and cond Reimagining community space MOAD

/ Identify pockets for improvement and needs MOAD & UDC / Design multi-functional community spaces that combine sanitation infras and public open spaces MOAD, UDC & Urur Kuppam Fisher Cooperative Society / Identify implementation strategies and funding prog Coastal Resource Centre & Urur Kuppam Fis /Construct designed infrastructure MOAD, UDC, Coastal Resour / Knowledge Transfer

/ Publish project details with emphasis on methodology and process adopted MOAD & UDC / Train the community to carry out similar studies + projects in MOAD & UDC / Design training programs for profess MOAD & UDC

// Compile pre-feasibility report and submit to Chennai Metro Water and Sewerage Board Fisher Cooperative Society Coastal Resource Centre & Urur Kuppam Fisher Cooperative Society ategies and funding programs (Government or Alternate sources) urce Centre & Urur Kuppam Fisher Cooperative Society / Construct designed Infrastructure MOAD, Coastal Resource Centre, Urur Kuppam Fisher Cooperative Society & External experts antification for a sample sector at the kuppam Resource Centre n + Execution

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Current stage of of work

We self funded this so far.....

But we need funds to

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Survey the kuppam and present a legal document to Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and Corporation of Chennai to establish and reiterate the rights of the community.

2

Design and build multi-functional community spaces that combine sanitation infrastructure and public open spaces.

3

Design appropriate sewage treatment infrastructure to submit to the Chennai Metro Water and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) for execution.

4

Facilitate sustainable solid waste management practices with the community.

5

Arrive at a roadmap for future development in the kuppam through participative planning processes.

We also need funds...

To replicate the Urur Olcott Kuppam Model in all the 48 slums and kuppams of Chennai and continually build on the repository of knowledge from these community engagement processes.

No. of people living = Population of Paris in 48 under privileged settlements

Source - Marine Fisheries Census 2010, Tamil Nadu & Slum Clearance Board Survey 2003-2004

People involved Abinaya Rajavelu Ksheeraja Padmanabhan Mahesh Radhakrishnan Vidhya Mohankumar Volunteers Anita C. Jakkappanavar Anna Poulose Anuja Priyanka Archana Menon Chidambaram Dinesh Govindarasu Harshita D Hima CS Kirti M Halkai Manasa Metpally Moses Johnson Pradeep Kuttuva Pramod Bhargav Prithvi Mahadevan Rotti Gauramma Basappa Shakthe Charan Shraddha M Guggari Shruthi Raghunath Varun Vidhyashree H Vidya Anil Vishwak

Address info@urbandesigncollective.org / info@moad.in 94, Kamaraj Avenue- 2nd Street, Adyar Chennai 600020 India. Tel - 91 44 24454827

Urban Design Collective (UDC) is a collaborative platform for architects, urban designers & planners to create liveable and sustainable cities through community engagement. www.urbandesigncollective.org

The Madras Office for Architects and Designers (MOAD) is a multidisciplinary team of architects & designers with combined expertise in providing a range of services from large scale urban design to human scale interface design. www.moad.in

PARTNERS Urur Kuppam Fisher Cooperative Society is a body set up by and for the residents of Urur kuppam to ensure the welfare and equitable distribution of resources for the fisher community.

Coastal Resource Centre is set up under the Community Environmental Monitoring (CEM) project of The Other Media with the intention of providing sustained support to coastal communities in challenging destructive developmental activities. CRC aims to combat unsustainable development by using democratic spaces for dissent and proactive engagement, and at the same time increase resilience among such communities to the vagaries of a climate uncertain future.

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