{"id":311597,"date":"2019-04-23T05:14:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T05:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=311597"},"modified":"2019-04-23T18:23:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T18:23:41","slug":"hcl-samuday-invests-rs-30-crores-to-establish-14-solar-mini-grids-in-15-villages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/hcl-samuday-invests-rs-30-crores-to-establish-14-solar-mini-grids-in-15-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"HCL Samuday invests Rs 30 crores to establish 14 solar mini grids in 15 villages"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Samuday, the ambitious CSR project of HCL Foundation, has invested Rs 30 crores over the last one year to set up 14 solar mini-grids in 15 villages in UP\u2019s Hardoi district to supply uninterrupted power to 900 underserved rural households. It has also committed to spending Rs 3 crore every year over the next five years to maintain these grids.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking at a roundtable discussion on ways to effectively use solar power to energize India, especially rural India,\u00a0Alok Verma, Associate Project Director, HCL Samuday,\u00a0shared details about the mini-grids project. He said: \u201cHCL Samuday is working in collaboration with the Government of Uttar Pradesh on a solar electrification program in three blocks of Hardoi district, namely, Kachhauna, Behendar and Kothawan. We believe our solar power projects in 15 villages have the potential to transform the lives of thousands of beneficiaries from poor socio-economic background. Our efforts in solar energy are in line with the Government of India\u2019s vision that 40 percent of the country\u2019s needs should be supplied through renewable sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alok Varma<\/strong>\u00a0added: \u201cWe at HCL Samuday believe that supplying solar energy to underserved villages will have massive impact on several allied areas too. This includes improving the functioning of healthcare facilities and educational institutions, allowing greater access to potable drinking water by powering underground pipes, supporting agricultural practices by powering mini water pumps, and increasing means of livelihood by powering processing and refrigeration systems for use by fisheries, milk suppliers, etc.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Some key issues addressed at the roundtable included establishing sustainable business models to address India\u2019s energy crisis, developing an entrepreneurial mindset among local communities so that they are able to expand and run solar grids without external help, and creating an eco-system to foster economic development.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HCL Foundation\u2019s Samuday project aims to develop model villages in Hardoi by focusing on improving six parameters: Infrastructure, agriculture practices, livelihood, WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene), health, and education. The Solar Electrification program, a major initiative undertaken by Samuday as part of this project, aims to ensure non-disruptive supply of electricity in underserved villages, especially to health centers and schools.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Samuday, the ambitious CSR project of HCL Foundation, has invested Rs 30 crores over the last one year to set up 14 solar mini-grids in 15 villages in UP\u2019s Hardoi district to supply uninterrupted power to 900 underserved rural households. It has also committed to spending Rs 3 crore every year over the next five […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":311598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[167],"tags":[2005,11286,11287],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311597"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311601,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311597\/revisions\/311601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/311598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}