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Solar lights at remote places

Special Correspondent

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation has decided to install 774 solar lights in the remote places falling in the Tribal Sub-Plan region by providing subsidies to the Scheduled Tribe families living below poverty line as part of the Rural Electrification Programme. The move will benefit the areas which have not been electrified so far.

The Tribal Area Development Department has provided additional financial assistance to the corporation for carrying out the task of lighting the areas inhabited by the tribal population.

The biggest number of 258 lights will be installed in Banswara district, followed by 255 in Udaipur, 169 in Dungarpur, 64 in Chittaurgarh and 28 in Sirohi.

An official release stated here on Sunday that priority would be given to the families whose houses are situated far away from the electrical lines of the Rajasthan Vidyut Nigam.The corporation will give subsidy of Rs. 4,550 for a solar lighting system comprising two lights.

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