Saaga definition
Saaga literally means compost pit. Each household, even in urban settlements, used to have ‘saaga’ in the courtyard or next to the house, where waste was composted. Every six months the compost was harvested and used in the fields. In the olden days, all the waste that was generated by the household was organic in nature. Therefore, all of it could be composted. Although the saagas did have some problems related to drainage and aeration, overall it was a good system for managing waste at the point of generation and recycling it for productive use.