E-4.5.1 A community hall/Baraat Ghar shall be established.
E-4.5.2 Rural development centre shall include Panchayat Ghar, a Mahila Kendra that may also serve as a vocational training centre.
E-4.5.3 School, health centre, post office, police post, shopping, work sheds for the artisans, telephone facilities, etc, should also be established.
E-4.6 The use (to the extent possible) of locally available building materials and cost effective substitutes for scarce building materials should be deployed. Appropriate technology inputs shall be introduced for improving the local materials or conventional or traditional practices for improved efficiency.
E-4.7 The concept of ‘aided self-help’ shall be ensured for active participation of the prospective users and association in the construction and development of dwelling units and other community building.
E-4.8 The special needs of women headed households/single and working women/woman in difficult circumstances should be addressed. The specific requirement of women in terms of providing necessary facilities in homes to lessen their drudgery would be given sufficient attention.
E-4.9 Protecting and promoting our cultural heritage, architecture and traditional skills should be given due importance.
PART 3 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL RULES AND GENERAL BUILDING REQUIREMENTS
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IN HILLY AREAS
F-1 General
F-1.1 These guidelines provides requirements relating to development planning and design of buildings in hilly areas. Any area above 600 m in height from mean sea level may be classified as hilly, or any area with average slope of may also be classified as hilly, considering the sensitive and fragile ecosystem of hills and mountains. However, the State Governments may identify and notify areas to be covered under ‘Hilly Area’, which need to be dealt with special consideration, when developmental activities are taken up.