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(d) Digging water escapes for bandhs. Individual task— 
1. B man—84 c. ft., i.e., 
7 feet long. 
6 feet broad. 
2 feet deep. 
For B women gangs for (a) and (6) tbe task was § of task 
for B men gangs. 
(according to Famine Code rules, a woman is paid tbe same 
as a man but does § of his work.) 
(ii) Ridging. —This work involves digging a trench, 1 foot deep 
and 2 feet broad (in soil previously dug by digging gangs) 
and heaping the soil therefrom in a triangular ridge on the 
down hill side. 
Tasks — 
B. men 60 running feet of trench. 
B. women 40 running feet of trench. 
C. class 40 running feet of trench. 
D. and G. children. Breaking clods on the ridges. 
1 child to one ridger (very old and feeble men and women 
are often used on this work also). 
(iii) Bandhing. —The tasks were based on the diggers. For 12 
diggers task was 1,440 c. ft. of earth. For the C class carriers 
employed, the task was to carry this dug earth to bandh 
site (12 to 20 carriers employed). The children had to 
pulverise this quantity of earth on the bandh, and the ram¬ 
mers to ram it hard. 
Other miscellaneous tasks were :— 
(iv) Fencing. —One gang of 10 to 12 B men per work. Task 15 
to 22 running feet of hedge per man, including collection 
of thorny shrubs, etc. The hedge was 5 feet thick, with 
stout thorny branches fixed into holes on either side, and 
centre filled in with loose thorns. 
(v) Water supply. —The gang varied with the distance of water 
and numbers on the work, and the season ; up to the end 
of April, one man for every 300 labour for every furlong 
the water had to be brought. In May, increased to one 
man for every 150 labour, for every 150 yards. 
(vi) Well making. —The gang consisted of one mate (an experi¬ 
enced well digger), 3 or 4 diggers—task 80 c. ft. per man. 
3 earth removers, increasing to 4 as the well deepened. 
These are the principal tasks. The adjustment of digging tasks 
was left to the manager on the spot under the control of the Range 
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