More than 120 villages in India including 50 from the state, will be lit up with innovative solar LED lighting system in the next two years.
More than 120 villages in India including 50 from the state, will be lit up with innovative solar LED lighting system in the next two years. Approved by president, Pratibha Patil, the project is an effort to develop the rural population in collaboration with BMC Technologies and Hanul Technologies.
At a press conference in the city on Saturday, vice chairman, India800 Foundation, Lord Amir Bhatia said, “We had a meeting with the president of India. We would be installing innovative solar powered LED lighting system in these villages that are developed by Pune-based Hanul Technologies, which facilitate saving of over 60% electricity. This will surely transform the lives of communities that still do not have access to basic infrastructure.”
He said the system has been installed in Sakur village in Sangamner taluka of Ahmednagar district. More projects will be undertaken in Amravati and Ahmednagar districts in Maharashtra.
Site leader and vice president of research and development for BMC Software. Tarun Sharma, said, “We have already made a beginning in this regard by donating the solar powered LED lighting systems to 23 households near Sakur village in Sangamner taluka of Ahmednagar district, where these lights are given to each household and are also installed as street lights.”
India800 would also be working for betterment of women and the girl child in these villages. “We are going to provide sewing machines and offer training to these women in making shopping bags, computer covers, pillow covers and cooking aprons. These products would be marketed in the large network of 6,000 staff members of BMC Software itself,” he said.
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