Western Union Lights Up Villages in Four Indian States

Western Union Lights Up Villages in Four Indian States Last Modified: 05-Apr-2016 6:24 PM
  • 4
    states - Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh - with several remote and un-electrified villages, in which Western Union Company and Lighting a Billion Lives (LaBL) collaborated to provide access to clean lighting.
  • Rs. 100
    The amount Western Union committed to contribute for each Western Union remittance received in India from designated countries for the period October 15 to November 30, 2015.
  • 10
    villages (across 4 states) in which integrated domestic energy systems (IDES) were installed through the contributions in Phase I.
  • 200
    households across five remote villages in Purnea, Bihar received the first set of IDES systems and installations were completed in December 2015.
  • 10
    more identified villages across Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh where work will commence soon.
Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Environment
Tags Energy Access Solar Lanterns IDES Lighting a Billion Lives TERI Clean Energy #EndEnergyPoverty LaBL Success Stories CSR Western Union
Source TERI LaBL