With global warming and ecological contamination leaning towards hazardous levels continuously, solar power is of great importance. We all are the stakeholders of our environment and need to move forward to our obligations. Solar power is a free and limitless source of energy that should be profited by. A ton of brilliant people are now aware of this and a few endeavours have begun executing it too. Solar Panels are not difficult to introduce as well as the solution for Earth-wide global warming.
In India, we can set up our Solar Power grids in villages and small towns, which have more spacious places and can get more sun rays than any urban areas. As we know, many villages face the problem of unavailability of electricity (recent reports on villages, show that there are more than 17,000 villages still living in the dark), solar power can be a good solution in the sunny region villages. Some villages after becoming aware of this fact have installed solar panels on their rooftops and fields to satisfy their daily necessity of electricity.
How villages and small towns help Solar Future:
Let’s take a look at how villages and small towns help solar future and how they will benefit from the same as well.
Provide Electricity in Backward Villages & Towns
Electricity is of main concern in villages and towns, as we’ve mentioned earlier also more than 17,000 villages are living in the dark. But to lighten and provide electricity for operations, the government has invested in solar power in villages. This will give 24/7 electricity availability and improve their lifestyle as well. With this, they can access all resources like urban regions and fade the angle of inequality in the minds of rural people.
Income Source
The government’s plan to install solar off-grids in rural areas also promotes job opportunities for people in these regions. Now people have sufficient energy to use for their usage and can earn income by selling non-required off-grids to others. People can set up their self-work, and factories on a small level as well with the availability of electricity and these rural areas can also attract investments from big firms in their areas leading to boosted job opportunities.
Flourishes Agricultural Activities
Agriculture is the main source of income for rural areas and small towns in India. Today with the tech-advanced economy, we have many electrical equipment that can be used to operate agricultural activities smoothly. When we have solar power we can use this equipment more freely as we do not need to worry about electricity requirements and can do activities like irrigation, and crop sowing with great ease.
Improves efficiency of Infrastructure
One of the main reasons for bad health and education services in rural areas is shortage of electricity. In hospitals, doctors aren’t able to use the required machines to treat patients because of lack of electricity and in schools, students don’t have access to required environments like pure water, well-lit & airy classrooms. However solar power can improve the efficiency of the existing infrastructure of rural villages and make the facilities even better.
Parting thoughts
As we’ve discussed, villages and small towns are the future of solar power in India because of their spaciousness, sunny areas and need to get energy. The government is also working in this direction and has allocated more than ₹7,000 crores in the solar sector. Recently we’ve seen examples of a few villages that transformed into solar-powered villages like the Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan which set up their first ever solar power plant, a Submersible solar pump in the village of Varanasi (aid drinking water to more than 120 families) and Modhera Village of Gandhinagar who become India’s first fully solar-powered village where nobody pays electricity bills and also earns incomes from electricity off-grids.