Solar home lighting systems by Oil India Limited, Duliajan to 68 anti-poaching camps in Dibru Saikhowa National Park

Solar home lighting systems by Oil India Limited, Duliajan to 68 anti-poaching camps in Dibru Saikhowa National Park

Staff Correspondent

Dibrugarh: A Valedictory Function of OIL Urja Solar Solution Happy Home Programme, a CSR Project of Oil India Limited, Duliajan which is being implemented by Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) was held recently. The function was held near River Police Station of Dr Bhupen Hazarika Setu wherein 68 anti-poaching camps of Dibru Saikhowa National Park were provided with solar home lighting systems, solar energy lanterns, improved biomass cookstoves. Previously, under the same programme 286 households of un-electrified Mirigaon village in Dibrugarh District were also provided with the solar happy home solutions.

The programme was graced by Mrinal Kanti Dhar, DFO Tinsukia Division, Dilip Kumar Bhuyan, General Manager, Public Affairs, Tridiv Hazarika, Dy General Manager, Public Affairs-OIL and other senior officials from OIL & IIE along with forest guards and officials under Tinsukia Wildlife Forest area.

Mrinal Kanti Dhar, DFO Tinsukia Division in his speech appreciated OIL’s initiative towards providing Solar Solutions to the remote anti-poaching camps and other un-electrified villages and also talked about the positive changes that the Solar Lighting System, Solar Lamp, LED Lights & Cook stoves are going to bring in daily lives of the forest officials who are posted in the interiors of the dense forest.

While stating the objective of the project i.e. to electrify the remote un-electrified areas of Upper Assam, Dilip Kumar Bhuyan, GM-OIL in his address informed that under Solar Happy Home Package, OIL has provided solar solutions to 286 households in un-electrified village Mirigaon under Dibrugarh District and 68 units in Anti-Poaching Camps of Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Tinsukia district.

The overall objective of the project was to provide access to clean and affordable energy for domestic lighting and cooking through a sustainable and inexhaustible low maintenance solar solution. The programme has helped reduce indoor air pollution and use of kerosene or firewood for cooking, provide adequate lighting facility and other benefits towards creating a clean energy solution at household level.

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