A Case Study in Uttarakhand, Northern India - Geological & Mining ...

etrofitting, monitoring and homeowners perceptions of earthquake-safeconstructions. Feedback on the training workshops from trained masons in StudyRegion A is outlined. The section concludes with a list of recommendations andsuggestions for further studies. For a complete list of interview questions andbreakdown of results please refer to Annex III.3.1.1a Demographics respondentsRespondents Study Area A (Rudraprayag district):Thirty-six interviews were conducted with masons trained through PSI (67% ofrespondents) and state government (33% of respondents). None of therespondents are illiterate; thirty-one percent are educated to 5 th standard and 46percent to 8 th . Experience among masons ranges from forty-six percent between10 and 20 years, thirty-one percent less than 10 years, and fourteen percentbetween 20 and 30 years. The average number of houses built or worked on isthirty. Eighty-three percent of masons interviewed claim to have training andexperience in both stone and brick materials.Respondents Study Area B (Almora district):Thirty-six interviews with untrained local masons were conducted. Masons wererandomly selected for interviewing on the one condition of having no previoustraining with respect to earthquake-safe building practices through PSI or otheragencies active in the state. Twenty percent of the respondents are illiterate; fortytwopercent are educated to 5 th standard and twenty-five percent to 8 th standard.Experience among masons is comparable to the respondents of Study Area Aranging from forty-seven percent between 10 and 20 years. However, elevenpercent has less than 10 years, and thirty-one percent between 20 and 30 years.Fifty-eight percent of masons claim to be trained in both stone and brick masonry.Thirty-six percent of masons have expertise mainly in stone.The Role of NGOs in Disaster Mitigation and Response – A Case Study in Uttarakhand, Northern India 42