Energizing lives of Rural/ tribal children of Arunachal through Solar Plants.

Story of Lighting up the lives through Solar Powering of Schools in Lohit District, Arunachal Pradesh. SSRDPP -APEDA initiative with BPCL'S CSR support To support the Lohit District, Art of Living with the support of the Lohit District administration and APEDA undertook the task of solar electrification, thanks to the financial support of Bharat Petroleum, 9 Government Primary schools from the circles of Sonpura, Tezu and Wakro in the district were identified by DDSE Lohit for solar powering of the schools to help children have unhindered power supply and facilitate a better learning experience. Sri Sri Rural Development Programme of Art of Living have been a pioneer in projects located in border district/ difficult terrains. Facing all odds like severe resource constraints in terms of procurement of material , Machinery, skilled labour to name a few, SSRDP executed it with precision. The nearest available source for any material or support was Tinsukia- 160 kms away in Assam. The Covid situation pla