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Char, enclave people hoping a better life after getting solar power units
RANGPUR, Bangladesh, July 11 (BSS)- Lifestyle of the people of over 150 remote char villages and Dahogram-Angarpota enclave in greater Rangpur has now been changed to a great extent due to the setting up of solar power units in the areas.
While the installation of new solar power units has added speed to the day-to-day activities of the people there and enabled them to have a touch of entertainment, the char people have urged the government and private sector operators to take steps to help set up more solar units at a lesser cost.
People of Dahogram-Angarpota enclave now seem happy in getting solar power plants free of cost. They thanked the Lalmonirhat District Administration, the joint forces, Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) and the Dhaka Solar Power Project to provide the facilities.
After being equipped with solar power facilities, hopes andaspirations of the char people and the enclave to lead a better life have been increased.
Presently, over 55,000 char people are using about 5,000 solar units set up with the assistance of different NGOs in the villages of Rangpur, Nilphamari, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat and Gaibandha districts to adapt themselves to the changing lifestyle.
A number of NGOs including BRAC, Grameen Shakti, Rangpur-Dinajpur Rural Service, Protyasha, have installed these solar-power units at a cost ranging between Taka 12,000 to Taka 45,000 each.
Grameen Shakti has so far installed about 300 solar power units at different places of Raniganj, Thanahat, Ramna, Noyarhat, Chilmari Sadar and Ostomir Char in Chilmari upazila of Kurigram during the last two years.
Users of solar power units of the char areas told BSS that they could hardly think of electricity in these remote and sandy char areas.
To add happiness to their more or less monotonous life, thereality of having solar power units in these inaccessible villages gets the people inspired in many ways.
The Lalmonirhat district administration, the joint forces andGrameen Shakti jointly with Bangladesh Power Development Board and the Dhaka Solar Power Project took two separate programmes to supply solar power free of costs to the people of Dahogram-Angarpota enclave under Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat district.
Under the two programmes taken jointly by the districtadministration, joint forces and solar power company Grameen Shakti and another by the PDB and the Dhaka Solar Power Project, the setting up of a total of 150 solar plants have been completed in Dahogram-Angarpota enclave.
Chairman of Dahogram Union Parishad Saiful Islam told BSS that with the launching of the solar power units, the people there could now enjoy the taste of electricity.
The char and enclave people said they are now watching TV programmes, using fans, lights, refrigerators and mobile phones and operating some computers, besides other daily necessities.
Students said now their study at night is not hampered due to uninterrupted service of these solar power units.
They suggested establishment of higher capacity solar power units at lower cost in the char areas and enclave and also in the mainland to reduce pressure on the country's limited electricity.
While the installation of new solar power units has added speed to the day-to-day activities of the people there and enabled them to have a touch of entertainment, the char people have urged the government and private sector operators to take steps to help set up more solar units at a lesser cost.
People of Dahogram-Angarpota enclave now seem happy in getting solar power plants free of cost. They thanked the Lalmonirhat District Administration, the joint forces, Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) and the Dhaka Solar Power Project to provide the facilities.
After being equipped with solar power facilities, hopes andaspirations of the char people and the enclave to lead a better life have been increased.
Presently, over 55,000 char people are using about 5,000 solar units set up with the assistance of different NGOs in the villages of Rangpur, Nilphamari, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat and Gaibandha districts to adapt themselves to the changing lifestyle.
A number of NGOs including BRAC, Grameen Shakti, Rangpur-Dinajpur Rural Service, Protyasha, have installed these solar-power units at a cost ranging between Taka 12,000 to Taka 45,000 each.
Grameen Shakti has so far installed about 300 solar power units at different places of Raniganj, Thanahat, Ramna, Noyarhat, Chilmari Sadar and Ostomir Char in Chilmari upazila of Kurigram during the last two years.
Users of solar power units of the char areas told BSS that they could hardly think of electricity in these remote and sandy char areas.
To add happiness to their more or less monotonous life, thereality of having solar power units in these inaccessible villages gets the people inspired in many ways.
The Lalmonirhat district administration, the joint forces andGrameen Shakti jointly with Bangladesh Power Development Board and the Dhaka Solar Power Project took two separate programmes to supply solar power free of costs to the people of Dahogram-Angarpota enclave under Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat district.
Under the two programmes taken jointly by the districtadministration, joint forces and solar power company Grameen Shakti and another by the PDB and the Dhaka Solar Power Project, the setting up of a total of 150 solar plants have been completed in Dahogram-Angarpota enclave.
Chairman of Dahogram Union Parishad Saiful Islam told BSS that with the launching of the solar power units, the people there could now enjoy the taste of electricity.
The char and enclave people said they are now watching TV programmes, using fans, lights, refrigerators and mobile phones and operating some computers, besides other daily necessities.
Students said now their study at night is not hampered due to uninterrupted service of these solar power units.
They suggested establishment of higher capacity solar power units at lower cost in the char areas and enclave and also in the mainland to reduce pressure on the country's limited electricity.
