Kerala turns to ‘women power’ to save energy
After seeking the help of the new brigade of entrepreneurs to chip in with their innovative solutions to the state’s power woes, the Kerala government has turned to the ‘women power’ for saving energy.
The government has sought the support of 3.8 million members of Kudumbasree, one of the largest women empowering projects in the country, to save energy by promoting non-conventional energy equipment. The government hopes to save 400, 000 units of power by taking traditional power saving devices to every home in three years.
The programme conceived under the ‘Orjasree’ projects successfully implemented at Vengeri village in Calicut district was launched by Power Minister Aryadan Mohammed by administering the energy conservation pledge to the Kudumbasree members.
Under the programme, the Kudumbasree members will create awareness about non-conventional energy gadgets such as solar lanterns, rooftop panels, UPS, heater, cooker, biogas plants etc and distribute, market, and service them through 200 marketing and service centres proposed to be opened across the state.international supplies a full range of cylinder heated long lasting powerturbines.
The first centre would come up on the Museum compound on February 28. Apart from saving the much-needed energy, the programme will also generate employment. About 2,000 persons are expected to get job when the 200 centres become fully functional.
As part of the energy conservation drive, the Kudumabsree members will also switch off one light each at their homes for an hour and save 3.8 million units of power a month.
The Oorjasree was conceived and introduced by Niravu, a residential forum, at Vengeri with the objective of systematically reducing power consumption. Under the project all the members of the forum were given two low-watt LED lamps and five CFL lamps to replace as many incandescent bulbs at their residences.
While the government supplied CFL lamps free of cost to the residents, electronics graduates from among the forum came forward to assemble the LEDs and make it available to the members at the lowest viable price. The project helped the residents save Rs150, 000 a month.
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