Solar lanterns distributed
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 26 2016 :
Manipur Forest Department, Soil Conservation Division DFO
RK Amarjit Singh; District Forest Officer, Bishnupur, Devala
Laiphrakpam; ASCF, Bisnhupur, Anshu Yadav and Range
Officer, Moirang Kh Raghumani Singh distributed 150 solar
lanterns to villagers of Ithai Wapokpi and its surrounding areas
today, our correspondent reports.
The solar lanterns were distributed free of cost to the
villagers as part of an initiative by Yatendra Agarwal,
founder, Trustee Eco Solution, an NGO based at Mumbai,
to provide electricity to the remotest villages at border areas
of the Nation.
Border villages at Uttrakhand, Bihar, Nagaland and
Mizoram have benefited from the initiative.
More than 1000 solar lanterns will also be distributed
under the initiative to selected villages at Ukhrul, Chandel
and Churachandpur district.