From the Times of India...
AHMEDABAD: For the first time, nights in this remote, dim village, 220-km from Ahmedabad will see light on Sunday. The 45 tribal families in Nalwas village, of Amiragadh taluka in Banaskantha will experience a lit-up house. The Freemasons of Lodge Fellowship, Ahmedabad has taken up the solar electrification of Nalwas. The project is part of Grand Lodge of India's initiative to light up 50 remote villages across India.
Nalwas has a population of 250 people who survive by tilting their small patches of land. The village doesn't have a proper access road. One has to walk kilometres to reach the village. In fact, the three youths of the village who have recently got cellphones, have to travel more than 20 km, which includes 5 km of tracking, to charge their phones. "We selected the village as the tribals were totally disconnected and had no life after 5 pm," said Rajiv Sethi, assistant regional grand master.
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