1.

Baseline and need assessment:

● Major problems identified

- resources availability
- Unavailability of jobs in the villages
- Migration to urban settlements was one of the many
concerns and this would end if villages were developed
to meet the needs of the people in terms of health,
education and job security.
● Focus areas: Energy, Agriculture , Livelihood , Sanitation and
Computer Based knowledge
● 40 villages and 11500 households were selected in Neturia and
Santuri block
● Development Partner Coal India Limited and implementing
partner TERI
1. Challenges:
● Limited interactions, people in the village were hesitant to
open up initially.
● Door to door survey- time consuming
● Lack of knowledge and understanding
● How to use it
● Repairing and maintenance
● Lack of money and funds

2. Clean Energy:
● Clean Energy is backbone of the Sustainability
● Primary source of energy- coal dust and wood that were freely
available. This took a toll on the health of the people and the
environment.
● Coal India Limited partnered with TERI providing them solar
energy panels ( electricity, street lights) and clean stoves.

3. Implementations:
● 9000 clean cook stoves were distributed
● Solar power on exhaust
● 9000 Solar home lights
● 100 Solar street lights

4. Project stakeholders
● Coal India limited
● Government
● TERI
● Institutions
● Villagers
● Local NGOs

5. Impact
● People can now work late in the night due to the provision of
solar lights.
● Women are now subjected to smoke- free cooking due to
improved cook stoves.
● Children are able to study at night and work their way to better
results.
● Solar powered street lights have helped the society at large.