When asked if I would join this JCWP project, I naturally jumped at the chance. I had no idea at the time that 2000 volunteers would be taking part! Come to think of it, we probably need those numbers if we’re going to try and build 100 homes within a week!
And the architect in me is still sceptical that it can be done. It’s quite possible, I’m sure, when you’re working with wood-frame construction but, here it’s all masonry (the website talks of concrete block) – that too with so many amateurs around.
I just hope I’m totally wrong.
On the 26th of July last year, when I first visited Nasrapur to look at a proposed bungalow site, the Pej river was in spate and the bridge (South-West corner of the satellite picture) was at least 2m underwater. I had to be content with looking at the trees (highlighted in the photo) from across the flood.