MYSURU: As part of the #LightTheNation initiative launched by a non-profit organisation Karmodaya, electricity connection has been provided to 312 homes in remote hamlets of Nagarahole. It was inaugurated on Wednesday.
The work was completed in partnership with Bengaluru-based grassroots organisations HOPE Action Group and Good Quest Foundation, and the department of tribal welfare and forest.
It can be recalled that earlier 150 homes in the Male Mahadeshwara Betta Hills forest in Chamrajanagar district were provided solar access under the same initiative totalling 462 homes.
According to the NGO officials, during the pilot project, indigenous settlements of Jenu Kurbas (honey collectors) in the Nagarahole forest were selected for electricity supply.
Under the initiative, each household got a solar kit consisting of 2 light bulbs, 1 tube light, a socket to charge a cellphone, and a solar panel with installation, a press release said.