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Solar power plant empowers villagers in Leh district |
The establishment of a small solar power plant has delighted villagers in Markha
Valley in Jammu and Kashmir ’s Leh District. The project is aimed at promoting
trekking, tourism and mineral water usage plant. The Markha Valley is located
at an altitude of between 3,500 and 5,200 meters and is in the Hemis National
Park . Funded by Niyamdu Dro , France NGO, the one-kilowatt plant is part of a
global project for promotion of sustainable development, environment protection
and equitable tourism. Volunteers of the Youth Association for Conservation and
Development (YAFCAD) of Hemis National Park helped to construct the solar power
plant complex. It has already started supplying electricity to villages in the
region. "We are thankful to Mr. Jean Francois and to the entire team of Niyamdu
Dro , France , for providing us with a solar power plant. We also thank the students
association of the Hemis National Park for constructing a building for the solar
power plant. We hope we will get help from them in the future," said Tashi Largyal,
a villager. Eashey Dolma, the coordinator of the Markha Solar Power Plant complex,
said the area has benefited a lot because of it. “Institutes like the school and
the medical aid center have benefited,” Dolma said. |
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