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Project afoot to light up lives in rural areas

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KOLKATA, Nov 8: A project titled ‘Empowering North-East India’ is afoot and aims to bring provide electricity connection to 470 villagers and solar power to a primary healthcare centre catering to over 23,000 residents in Meghalaya.
An e-commerce-based direct selling company, QNET, has announced a new project in partnership with Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) through its social impact arm, the RYTHM Foundation, to bring solar energy to remote tribal communities in the state of Meghalaya and upgrade the healthcare infrastructure in the region.
In the first phase, RYTHM Foundation has pledged its support to the project for a period of one year.
In order to address the lack of energy access and healthcare facilities in the tribal villages in Meghalaya, GHE and RYTHM Foundation embarked on this new partnership that takes a two-pronged approach that will bring solar electricity to these remote tribal communities and help upgrade the healthcare infrastructure in the area.
The Empowering North-East India project is a holistic development plan for the tribal communities in the region with the aim of creating a community-owned model that can run independently in the long run.
The technology involved in this project is a simple plug and play solar micro-grid solution that is installed in each home. Every house gets a solar panel with a battery pack which is wired with high-performance LED lights, low energy consumption motor fans, and mobile charging facilities. (UNI)

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