Nepali gov't to distribute 60,000 solar lamps in western remote areas

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http://english.people.com.cn/200612/03/eng20061203_327763.html

The Nepali government has decided to distribute 60,000 solar lamps in nine remote districts of western Nepal, local Kantipur daily reported on Sunday.

"The government will work for identifying the houses from mid December that would install solar lamps," the newspaper quoted Rajiv Munakarmi, energy officer at the Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC) under the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Munakarmi said that the each household would get two lamps benefiting people of the most deprived area of the country.

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"As only 22 percent people of the area have access to electricity so far, the program is expected to reach 75 percent households there," Munakarmi said.

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