Sunday, December 06, 2009 SUNDERBANS: In the face of mounting pressure on world bodies to cut on their carbon emission, residents in Sunderbans delta of India's eastern West Bengal state are using electricity generated from solar power, thereby contributing their bit towards the carbon emission cut.The lives of the people living in Sunderbans has changed ever since a solar power plant was first set up by the West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (WEBREDA) in Sagar Island.And now a number of solar photovoltaic power plants have come up in various islands in the Sunderbans.Residents of Sunderbans, for whom even conventional electricity once remained a pipe dream, now use the electricity from solar power.Dipak Kumar Si, a resident of Baliara village in Mousuni island, whose family was dependent on kerosene lamps earlier, said that life for them has certainly changed after the introduction of solar power in his village."Earlier we used to use kerosene lamps and spent bet...
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