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This village in Manipur has become a green energy model

The pumped hydro storage project in Hengbung, the first project in India to integrate hydro with solar, has been consistently providing lighting to 350 people.

Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Apr 15, 2023 · 09:30 pm
In hot Rajasthan, solar-powered coolers help herders earn more from camel milk

Instant milk chillers are helping pastoralists in Thar Desert keep their dairy fresh as temperatures rise.

Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Feb 05, 2023 · 07:30 pm
Indian farmers turn to solar-powered fridges to reduce food waste

About 40% of food produced in India is wasted at the cost of billions of dollars per year, the United Nations has estimated.

Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Dec 05, 2022 · 07:30 pm

In Jharkhand villages, forest communities renew their pledge to protect trees with a ‘sacred thread’

Villagers take turns keeping watch in the forest during the day, looking out for outsiders who try to cut any trees.

Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Oct 14, 2022 · 09:30 pm
In rural India, the slow switch to solar energy is helping bring lakhs into the banking system

Frequent power cuts would earlier disrupt internet connectivity and halt operations, delaying pensions, scholarships and access to crucial government schemes.

Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Aug 06, 2022 · 01:30 pm
Frequent floods in the Brahmaputra are eating away at Assam’s tribal lands

The Mising people are now running out of space after decades of flooding and riverbank erosion.

Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Jan 09, 2022 · 01:30 pm

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Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation

This village in Manipur has become a green energy model

The pumped hydro storage project in Hengbung, the first project in India to integrate hydro with solar, has been consistently providing lighting to 350 people.

Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation · Apr 15, 2023 · 09:30 pm

In hot Rajasthan, solar-powered coolers help herders earn more from camel milk

Instant milk chillers are helping pastoralists in Thar Desert keep their dairy fresh as temperatures rise.

Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation · Feb 05, 2023 · 07:30 pm

Indian farmers turn to solar-powered fridges to reduce food waste

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