Phek, April 1 (MExN): With an aim to conserve the forests particularly the Pine Forests in Phokhungri area, the Phek Forest Division has taken an initiative to distribute solar lamps under Phokhungri area in Phek District. Due to lack of electricity and also poor power supply in these area, the village community has been using pine to lit their homes thus causing pressure on the pine forests as well exposing themselves to serious health hazards by inhaling the gases.
For this the department has collaborated with a Mumbai based NGO called Eco-Solutions whose coordinator Yatendra Agarwal generously donated the solar lamps for four under developed villages located near the Myanmar border namely Avakhung, Phokhungri, Latsam and Old Thewati.
Phek Forest Division has distributed the solar lamps to the above 4(four) villages for the first Phase during 3rd week of March 2016 and aims to cover few more under developed villages in the second phase. The villages council and local functionaries of all the four villages express special gratitude to Yatendra Agarwal for his generous contribution and also appreciated the initiative of Phek Forest Division particularly DFO Phek Rongsenlemla Imchen IFS for personally delivering the solar lamps to the village communities.
