India lights up Nepal village

KATHMANDU: A solar electrification project implemented with an Indian grant of over Rs two crore has helped light homes in Nepal's eastern village of Jaljale.

Some 4,500 villagers residing in 630 houses of Jaljale have benefited from the project. Each of the houses are now equipped with a solar panel, a maintenance-free battery and home lighting system of 75 watts, consisting of 4 lighting instruments of 12 watts each.

India has so far executed ten solar electrification projects in various parts of the country, an Indian Embassy press release here said. The project was executed by the Central Electronics Ltd., Ghaziabad, a Public Sector Undertaking of GOI, in association with the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) under the Ministry of Science & Technology of Government of Nepal.  A Village Consumer's Committee has been constituted for the execution of the project.