Eravipuram North Fishing Village (Kollam Corporation) A Brief Profile of the Eravipuram North Fishing Village Eravipuram North fisheries village is located at ward 34 of Kollam Corporation. The village has a total of 420 houses and 423 households are living there. Among them, 6 households are landless or presently living as a joint family. Regarding the housing situation in the village, it is noted that 15.95 percent houses are pucca, 80.95 percent are semi-pucca and 3.10 percent houses are kachha houses. About 64.29 percent of the existing houses in the village have sanitary toilets. Safe drinking water is available to 77.86 percent of the existing houses. Most of the houses in the village (96.90 %) are electrified. It is noted that 168 persons from the fisher folk community are insured with the Fisheries Board (Matsya Board). And 13 persons are covered under the old age pension scheme and 7 persons are covered under widow pension scheme during 2007-08 in this village. Regarding the community specific facilities, this village has no hospital facilities. The village has one LP School and one High School. Three anganawadis are functioning in this village and two of them are functioning in rented buildings. This village has a network of 6 roads of 14.20 Km length, 0.75 Km drainage and two culverts. The village has 103 street lights and all of them are functional. About the fisheries specific infrastructure and facilities, it is noted that 5 country fishing boats are available in this fisheries village. And a total of 2 kerosene permits are issued to the fisher folk in this. The village has an unprotected coastal line of 0.40 Km. Consumption of liquor and narcotic drugs are acute in this village. The results of situation analysis and needs and financial requirements are presented in Tables 47 and 48. Table.47: Current status & requirements of Existing Infrastructure Facilities Sl.No Name of the Length Existing Existing Requirements Existing road of the number of drainage road Culverts, facilities Bridges • Edakkunnam 200 m cemetery road • Edakkunnam 1 km Maintenance Bombay kadavu road (south – east) Source: Office of the Kollam Corporation Table .48: Requirement, financial allocation and its sources Eravipuram North village Unit Sl. No.of cost(Rs. in No. Name of the scheme units Lakhs) Project cost(Rs. in Lakhs) Expected amount Subsidy/Amount from from other separate Beneficiary sources project Loan Contribution Total 1 Housing 1.New house 16 1.5 4.19 19.81 0 0 24 2.Repair 340 0.5 0.73 169.27 0 0 170 3.Purchase of land 6 1 0 6 0 0 6 2 Sanitation 1.New toilet 150 0.1 2.563 12.437 0 0 15.000 2.Repair 100 0.025 0 2.500 0 0 2.500 3 Drinking water New water supply 1 27.50 0 0 0 27.50 scheme by KWA 4 Electrification 1.House Hold 13 0.05 0 0.65 0 0 0.65 Electrification 5 Road and culverts 6 Street light 1.New 32 0.18 3.88 1.88 0 0 5.76 7 Health sector 8 Education 1.New building 1 40 40 0 0 0 40 2.Drinking water 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3. Toilet 1 0.9 0.9 0 0 0 0.9 4. Play ground 1 30 30 0 0 0 30 9 Anganwady 1. Building only 1 3.50 2.19 1.31 0 0 3.5 2. Land and building 1 5.00 3.11 1.89 0 0 5 3. Compound wall 3 1.00 1.88 1.12 0 0 3 4. Drinking water 2 0.25 0.31 0.19 0 0 0.5 5. Toys 3 0.05 0.09 0.06 0 0 0.15 10 Fisheries Infrastructure 11 Fish processing storage and marketing 12 Coastal area protection 1. Droins 1000 0 0 0 1000 13 Livelihood Proposals 2.Snacks and sweets unit 1 0.84 0.455 0.00 0.308 0.077 0.84 Total 1336.7857.