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Kerala turns to ‘women power’ to save energy T K Devasia / 4 February 2013 TRIVANDRUM 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 nonconventional 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 nonconventional 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. The first centre would come up on the Museum compound on February 28. Apart from saving the muchneeded 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 lowwatt 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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Kerala turns to ‘women power’ to save energy 

T K Devasia / 4 February 2013 

TRIVANDRUM ‐ 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. 

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