(1)A Council shall maintain at least one compost depot having roughly an area of 3 acres for every 10, 000 population. The depot shall be located at least half a mile away from the outskirts of the municipal area and shall not ordinarily be in the western side.(2)In such depot trenches dimensions 20' x 5'2" or 25' x 6' x 2' 30' x 7'2" shall be dug with some definite plans, so that the trenches may be accessible to the vehicles carrying raw materials to or removing matured manure from such depot.(3)The night-soil, kachra, sweepings, ace, slaughter house, refuse and all other forms of town rubbish and offensive matter collected by the Municipality shall be daily conveyed to the compost depot.(4)In the trench first a layer of kachra about 9 thick shall be uniformly spread to the bottom after removing big size articles such as tin, porcelain, iron pieces, brick bats, glass, etc. from the kachra and over this layer shall be added the calculated quantity of night soil corresponding to a thickness of 2 and this shall be spread uniformly by means of long handled wooden fan phowdas.(5)Succeeding layers of kachra and night-soil shall be similarity added till the heap rises to a foot above ground level and the topmost layer shall be of Kachra completely covered by earth 2 or 3 inches thick.(6)Each layer of night soil shall be immediately covered over with kachra and the top layer at the end of each day shall be kachra about 9 inches thick and may preferably be covered with a thin layer of loose earth (about 2 inches thick).(7)The filled-up trenches after being covered with loose earth shall be left undisturbed for about a month till they sink to a depth-of a foot or more below ground level in which case further layers of nightsoil and kachra shall be added on the top of the above trenched till the load rises to a foot above ground level and then the trenches shall be left to themselves to mature.(8)When the trenches are 4 to 6 months old the manure shall be removed from the trench has sieved and then used for purposes of cultivation. The trenches which, thus, become empty can be used over again for preparing fresh compost manure.Preparation, Sanction and Execution of Sanitary Projects
