NIT students to light up tribal village in Wayanad

NIT students to light up tribal village in Wayanad

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NIT students to light up tribal village in Wayanad

Cities are capable of taking care of themselves. It is the villages we have to turn to", wrote Mahathma Gandhi in Young India in 1931.

Eight decades later, a bunch of students from NIT, Calicut, is all set to launch a 'solar energy project' at Chettiyalathoor, a village in the interiors of Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.

Organized under the auspices of Aavishkaar, the social service initiative of NIT students, a primary survey of the village has already been completed. For the final preparations, a 40-member students' team would leave for the village on Friday.

"In the first phase, we have selected 27 houses which will benefit from the scheme. There are students in these houses. We want the next generation to benefit from our efforts", said Deepak Thomas Joseph, treasurer of Aavishkaar.

"From our primary survey we learned that kids here have been learning under kerosene lamps", he said. "To get things ready, we went to the village several times and stayed there for a couple of days", said Amal Raj .S, media coordinator of Aavishkaar.

The team spent an amount of Rs 1,50,000 for the project just for purchasing essential gadgets like battery and solar panels. The project is a sequel to the first experimental project wherein students installed a solar energy system in the government school there, in October last.

"Since then we have been in constant touch with the village", said Amal.
Minister for Tribal Affairs P.K.Jayalakshmi, will inaugurate the project on October 2.

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