Villages in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, to become 100% solar powered

The villages of Chanduhar and Fakirpur in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, that have never electricity for the last 68 years since Independence, can now boast of being the first villages in the state to be having 100% solar power. It will be free for the first five years.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 1 July 2015.

Under the initiative of the Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, the 250 kilowatt mini-grid worth Rs 6.15 crore, was built within four months. It will power 60 street lights and provide energy to 450 homes and their 2,000 residents, apart from commercial establishments, two schools, a training centre and a healthcare facility.
Things will certainly change for the residents of Fakirpur and Chanduhar villages in Kannauj that, till now, used to come to a standstill at sun down. Every electrical appliance from flour mills to submersible water pumps and street lights will be electrified with solar energy in these villages.
The connection has already been given for lights of the streets and narrow lanes and as formal inauguration would be done on July 7 by former president APJ Abdul Kalam, in the presence of chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and Kannauj Member of Parliament (MP) Dimple Yadav.
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