Orissa Solar Village

Reeling under darkness for years, a small village in Odisha now enjoys uninterrupted power supply. Situated around 25 kilometres from state capital Bhubaneswar, Barapitha now has the distinction of being the first fully solar-powered village in the state.

Realising the huge potential of generating power from renewable energy, the Orissa government on Wednesday said they will electrify at least 2,000 villages by using solar energy or other non-conventional methods.The villages would be provided with electricity facility by March 2012, officials said adding that a decision in this regard was taken at ...

Reeling under darkness for years, a small village in Odisha now enjoys uninterrupted power supply. Situated around 25 kilometres from state capital Bhubaneswar, Barapitha now has the distinction of being the first fully solar-powered village in the state.

Realising the huge potential of generating power from renewable energy, the Orissa government on Wednesday said they will electrify at least 2,000 villages by using solar energy or other non-conventional methods.The villages would be provided with electricity facility by March 2012, officials said adding that a decision in this regard was taken at ...