FISHING VILLAGE, PUTHIYAPPA

VISION
Sustainable Reinvention - Reinvention of the existing fishing community into a
self-sustaining coastal community by enhancing its adaptively towards the
rapidly changing world and living conditions, and yet, conserving and
protecting the natural resources, tenacity, cultural and occupational identity
through eclecticism.
MISSION
1. Eclecticism
 Renovation of existing houses by conserving the existing architectural
features and incorporating new elements from modern architecture.
 Combined use of Traditional and modern architectural features

2. Affordable Housing
Reduction of construction and maintenance cost of buildings by reusing and
recycling.

3. Self-Sustaining Community
Expansion of social amenities that can be led by the community itself and make
the community self-sustaining.

4. Cultural and occupational Identity

More Open spaces and renovation of existing spaces to maintain and enhance
the communal behaviour and occupation related activities that are already
being carried out by the occupants.

5. Ecological Conservation
Protection of natural resources through a flexible and climate responsive
design that does not disturb the existing eco systems, and makes the site safer
for the occupants
STRATEGIES
Eclecticism
1. Arrangement of clusters based on site and local winds.
2. Clustering of nuclear units with a shared open space to enhance communal
behaviour.
3. Stilt houses in low lying lands which can be used for storage and also to
resist floods.
4. Temporary structures for storage, drying and other public activities like
parking can be shifted to CRZ zone. (Low lying reducing loss)
5. Harbour base design can be improved by incorporating-
• Proper cleaning of area
• Providing of stores (with fishing equipment’s and others)
• Medical aid post
• Safety requirements (walls or fences in harbour) towards sea
• Proper ice plant
• Proper drainage
• Rest rooms
• Water filtering unit (for drinking and other purposes)
• Proper sea walls
• Food canteen

Affordable Housing
1. Using metal roofing in structures to prevent from natural phenomenon.
2. Using of Local materials like laterite, mud, stone etc.
3. Incorporating old materials and using recycled materials.
Self-Sustaining Community
1. The four key dimensions to sustainability - economic, institutional, social and
environmental sustainability are all important to overall sustainable fishery
management, and a livelihoods approach seeks a balance between them,
which will often mean that compromises and trade-offs will need to be made.
2. Commercial facilities along the major spine of the site.
3. More road networks should be provided which is accessible to each and
every homes with converting roads to a social space by various means. (For
solving medical & fire emergency situations)
4. Parks which reflect the identity of the community.
5. A starting point for the framework are the capital assets owned, controlled,
claimed, or by some other means accessed by the household. The livelihoods
framework recognises five main asset categories, comprising:
 physical capital (at household level - boats, house, bicycle etc., but also
includes, at community or citizen level, access to infrastructure such as
harbours, road networks, clinics, schools etc.);
 financial capital (savings, credit);
 Natural capital (fish stocks, areas of seabed leased or accessed by
licence, land owned, crops cultivated etc.);
 human capital (people's ‘capabilities’ in terms of their labour, education
and health); and
 social capital (the kinship networks, associations, membership
organizations and peer-group networks that people in a household can
use in difficulties or turn to in order to gain advantage).
6. Space for adequate fresh fish outlets within the community
7. Organisations or comities to defend and legitimise local and/or indigenous
resource and property rights.
8. Management sector formation - To develop interest in devolving power and
authority from central and/or state government to more local and often
indigenous institutions and peoples.
9. Food for low-income consumers. Maximising low-cost food supply tends to
be associated with catching large volumes of small fish. This objective is also
sometimes associated with neglect of the interests of the fisher folk in favour
of those of the consumers. There will be wider social and economic benefits to
ensuring poor consumers have access to high-quality food at affordable prices
10. Improve fishing incomes. An attempt to improve fishing incomes
independently of other sectors could promote environmental sustainability
and some local growth if strong. This would be socially inequitable and may
lead to conflict, unless other non-fishing opportunities providing similar
returns can be created as well, for non-fishers.
11. Livelihood strategies- A sustainable livelihood is one in which people are
able to maintain or improve their standard of living (related to satisfaction,
‘well-being’ and income), reduce their vulnerability to external shocks and
trends, and ensure their activities are compatible with maintaining the natural
resource base (in this case the fish stocks).
12. A sustainable livelihood is therefore likely to be one in which people are
able to build their capital assets - e.g. through savings and access to credit,
access to education and training, or investment in their own boat and house.
They should also be able to at least maintain the natural capital that they share
with other households - the fish stocks and the quality of the aquatic
environment.
13. Quality of life is also enhanced if ‘social capital’ is maintained or enhanced.
Fishing livelihoods are sustained partly though fishing community solidarity but
links to the wider community are also important.
14. Reduction of Fisher folks' political and social marginalisation, i.e.)
increasing support from other sectors
15. Capital assets permit livelihood strategies to be constructed by individuals
or households. These may be composed of a portfolio of activities, only some
of which may be related to fishing.
16. Migration is an important component of many fisher folks' livelihood
strategies (both men in the catching sector, and women in the post-harvest
sector).
17. Taking a view of the options for management and development
intervention that transcends traditional sectorial boundaries (such as fisheries,
agriculture, pastoralism, wage labour or small enterprise) and that
incorporates over-arching issues that affect all people, irrespective of
occupation, such as access to social services (e.g. health, education, social
security, political representation, legal and judicial services);
18. Making links between local issues, meso-level processes (such as
decentralised government) and wider concerns such as national policy and
economic or social change.
19. Being responsive and participatory in addressing management priorities,
which normally involves working in partnership with fishers and other
stakeholders in the public and private sectors and promotes a dynamic,
adaptive approach to management.
20. Control system for promoting sustainable housing design
8. Putting people's social and economic activities at the centre of the analysis
(rather than, for example, just their ‘fishing effort’);
21. Awareness about accidents at sea resulting from engine failure, rudder and
vessel damage, lack of fuel, navigational problems, etc. and methods to reduce
this.
22. Manufacture of machinery and safety equipment facilities.
23. Intrinsic motivation. Don’t force people to do something that will most
likely not work. Show tenacity
24. Demonstrate “stickiness.” You have to have tenacity. In the beginning, you
will not have your most sought after people or organizations become members
of your community. The big fish will first wait and see if you will survive. So, be
patient, keep your focus, and eventually, even the big fish will also come on
board.
25. Students can be given instruction in seamanship and navigation and
practical training in net fabrication.
26. All amenities for the community at equal intervals between the houses, led
by already existing activity groups - income source for ladies
27. Clusters provided with proper drainage system and waste treatment plants
for reducing pollution of the sea.
28. Changes in the infrastructure that can accommodate yearly festival and its
which is adaptable to impact and the region.
29.More workable space and facilities for the harbour to sustain the
occupation.

Cultural and occupational Identity

1. Maintain ‘occupational pluralism’- By entertaining small scale works with the
help of SIDCO.
2. CRZ regulated can be provided with public buildings and temporary buildings
such as net repairing sheds & fish drying areas etc.
3. Fish processing units should be installed for exporting under cooperative
societies for getting direct advantage of fishing to the fisherman families by
avoiding 3rd party dealers.
4. Provide more gathering places.
5. Trees like coconut trees can be planted throughout the site under ownership
of cooperative society and its resources can be used by these societies.
Coconut trees are more efficient in that region.
6. Make the ground in front of the temple a multipurpose space as it is the
commonly used space traditional gatherings and as of a play ground
7. As a part of strengthening ‘Kudumbasree’ give a particular space for their
gathering
8. The dried-fish business, fish-carrying, fish-selling and fish-cutting are
common livelihoods through which older women have livelihood
opportunities.
9. The accumulation strategy enables fishermen to keep small boats for use
during the monsoon season when other boats are not allowed. With limited
competition, fish catches receive better prices during this limited period. It
gives a higher income during the seasonal fishing ban but fails to be
competitive during the rest of the year when done fishing usually loses out to
large-scale fishing. This accumulation strategy therefore shows how fishermen
participate in several fishing-related livelihood activities throughout the year.
10. Workers employed in fishing boats and catamarans, drying the fish,
workers repairing the fishing nets, those selling fish on head loads, tri-cycles,
those employed in fishing breeding units
11. Bringing social organisation of labour.
12. Provision of occupation like seasonal shops in the street, auto driving both
men and women, dry fish marketing. Women can do occupation like net
repairing, dry fishing, fish selling etc.
13. Small architectural elements like seating spaces, kiosks to improvise the
gathering spaces under existing banyan trees.

Conservation Ecological
1. Landscaping with Native Vegetation
2. Methods like submerged aquatic vegetation, organic sand fencing, which
can be effectively implement for protecting sea shore.
3. Artificial reefs using bamboo are much effective for preserving coast while
organic fencing is effective resisting waves.
4. Existing vegetation like banyan trees need to be preserved because it acts
like a social gathering space.
5. Low lying lands need to be raised due to chance for flood during monsoon
season.
6. Need to build more sea wall due to flood prone area
7. Provide buffers from harsh sea winds. (Especially during monsoon
kadalkshobam)
8. Proper drainage according to natural topography.
9. Sea walls to reduce impacts of flood.
10. Taking a conservative approach to fishing and maintaining occupational
pluralism.
11. Research on commercial marine species to avoid excessive fishing.