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Environmental Assessment ReportKerala Local Government Strengthening Projectoocase of existing Hospitals, Hotels, Government Offices and Offices of Public Sectorundertakings, where incandescent lamps are used at present, the same should be replacedby Fluorescent and Compact Fluorescent Lamps of prescribed quality within a period of 2years from the date this policy comes into force. ANERT should ensure this with the help ofLocal Self-Governments and other Governmental organizations.Solar Water Heating Systems are made mandatory in all Lodges and Hotels having 10 ormore rooms and in hospitals with 20 beds or more.Energy efficient devices such as, Improved Community Chulhas, gasifiers, etc. are mademandatory in all Hotels, Hostels and Schools with noon meal scheme and in all industrieswhere firewood is used as a fuel.Choice of Green Pricing is given to interested customers, who choose to pay extra for theenergy generated from Renewable Energy Sources (Green Energy).2.3.1.6. Kerala Fisheries PolicyKerala with a total terrestrial area of 38000 km 2 has a coastal line of 590 km. The coastal sea,which has the same area as that of the terrestrial area, is one of the most productive areas asfar as fishing is concerned. The major share of exports from India in this sector is from Kerala.More than a million people belonging to the fishing communities live in 222 fishing villages inthe State. The traditional skill in fishing, courage and sense of adventure are their assets.About 2 lakh people live on ancillary activities like processing of prawns and fish and marketingof fish for a living in Kerala. Some of the salient features of the policy are outlined below:Ban on trawling during the monsoons during which mechanised country boats with outboardengines and inboard engines above a specified horse power shall not be permitted to fish.Registration with the Kerala State Fisheries Department shall be compulsory for all boatsfishing in the seas near the coast of Kerala State.Enforcement of controls on boats utilising the ring-seine regulating the size of the boats,and weight and size of the nets.Ban on mini-trawling as well as pair trawling by utilising country boats in areas wheretraditional country boats operate.Proposal for a Coastal Development Authority which provide maximum benefits to thefisher men operating in coastal areas and inland waters.Steps for regulating the excess number of boats in the Kerala seas in consultation withexperts, sectoral leaders and people‟s representatives.Ensure inclusion of only actual fishermen in the annual list of fishermen prepared by theFishermen‟s Welfare Fund Board.Supply of identification cards with photographs to all fishermen, ensuring that ineligiblepeople do not get the benefits meant for fishermen.Time-bound-program to provide houses to actual fishermen with assistance from CentralFishermen‟s Welfare Board, Hudco and other housing finance agencies.Provide sanitation facilities in all fishing villages and installation of solar lamps in fishingvillages where electricity is yet to reach.Setting up of Matsyabhavans in coastal panchayats as agencies/ single window system forsatisfying the various needs of the fishing communities.60