Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 07 2010:
In continuation of the Remote Village Electrification programme, MANIREDA on December 5 distributed 42 Solar Home Lighting Systems and 7 Solar Street Lighting systems to the villagers of Tatjang village, Tengnoupal Block, Chandel district.
The solar lighting systems were distributed in a function held at the SDO office, Tengnoupal.
H Imocha, IAS, Commissioner, Department of Science and Technology, government of Manipur who is also Member Secretary of MANIREDA, H Dileep, IAS, Deputy Commssioner, Chandel, L Manglem, Director, MANIREDA, Darsinso, SDO, Tengnoupal, A Tomba, OC, Tengnoupal Police Station, Chief of Tengnoupal and other dignitaries attended the function.
.HImocha, Member Secretary, MANIREDA said that beneficiary villages for solar lighting electrification are selected on the basis of backwardness and remoteness of the villages.
It is important on the part of the benificiaries to install the solar lighting systems for the benefit of the village only.
Chief of Tatjang village, Paokhothang Baite expressed gratitude to MANIREDA for the solar lighting systems.
Later the officials inspected sites for installing wind-solar hybrid power project at Tengnoupal.
They also inspected Moreh Sub-district Hospital and Moreh town area for the installation of solar power plant and solar street lighting systems.