FAIZABAD:
Around 1200 families in 16 suburbs of the distant northeastern
Badakhshan province were provided with $600.000 Indian-funded solar
system power supply scheme to brighten their houses, officials
said.
Engineer Nazira Badakhsh an official of the Rural Rehabilitation
Department of the province talking to Pajhwok Afghan News termed
the scheme as an extraordinary project.
She said every family in the 16 villages was provided with a-40w
electricity-generating solar system machine.
As the residents in Wakhan district were poor Ministry of Rural
Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) allocated the electricity
machines to them. She said each power system project cost $500 from
the total $600.000 Indian grant.
She expected the Ministry will extend the facility to 16 remaining
villages of Wakhan and later to the people in other parts of the
country.
Nawroz Baig a local resident hailed the new step saying in the past
they were faced with great problems and could not afford to buy
enough fuel to brighten their house.
"Besides having bright nights we can also watch TV now," he
praised.
The far-flung Wakhan district shares porous borders with Pakistan
and China.
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