Mon, February 21 (MExN): Through the initiatives of Mon Forest Division, solar lamps have been given to every household in four remote villages of Mon district located along Indo-Myanmar border.
A press release from Divisional Forest Officer, Mon informed that the solar lamps were distributed free of cost to every household of Nynynu, Wetting, L/Wasa and Longzang villages.
The solar lamps were donated by a Trust called Eco-Solutions, an NGO based in Mumbai. The release said that Yatendra Agarwal, the Indian Co-ordinator of the Trust, had agreed to donate 2,000 solar lamps free of cost when told about the miseries of the people living in the Indo-Myanmar border areas, who are not only deprived of electricity, but does not have access to even basic amenities like road, water supply, health care etc.
“This little effort made by the Department was with a view to mitigating the sufferings of the people living in those remote corners where development does not reach from either India or Myanmar because of the remoteness of the place,” stated the release.
The solar lamps were distributed at Nynynu village in presence of Village Development Board members of Wetting, L/Wasa and Longzang under Longshen Forest Range. In the second phase, the release said, it is intended to light up with solar lamps another 6-7 villages in other parts of Mon district. The Chief Angh of Ngnynu village on behalf of all the beneficiaries has expressed happiness and appreciation to the Forest Department and the NGO based in Mumbai for the cause.
