IMPROVEMENT OF PEOPLE’S LIVELIHOOD IN REMOTE AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF INDIA
Year:2006 – 2008 Total budget:40,622 Euros (23,15,422.00 INR) Funding Agencies:BORDA (Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association), Germany. From 2006-2008, LEDeG successfully completed a project to provide electricity on a sustainable basis, provide drinking water and irrigation, and improve people’s income in the remote and mountainous regions of Ladakh. Aims and Objectives: Other objectives: Project Outcomes:
INSTALLATION OF A 25KW MICRO HYDROELECTRIC POWER UNIT IN BARTOO VILLAGE OF KARGIL
Bartoo village in Kargil district is situated in a narrow valley about 25km from Sankoo. There were 65 families living in the village. The village is not connected to the power grid. The road came very recently to the village and they were deprived of many basic needs services. Funding Agencies: REPIC and BORDA Project Partner:REPIC […]
SOLAR POWER PLANTS FOR VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION
Decentralised Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants for Village Electrification Project Location:Leh and Kargil Funding agency:Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi Project Partner:SCATEC Solar India Pvt. Limited, New Delhi Duration:2 years (2010-11) ContextMany of the remote and isolated villages in Ladakh are yet to be electrified. Due to its total isolation and distance, it is […]
INSTALLATION OF HYDRAULIC RAM PUMP IN RUKRUK
Project Location:Rukruk, Zanskar Funding agency:BORDA, Germany Total budget:Rs.113,617 Year of installation:2010 ContextLEDeG has been implementing decentralised water supply projects since 1994 and has introduced the water lifting technology called Hydraulic Ram Pump (Hydram). It is an automatic pumping device that utilises a small fall of water to lift a fraction of the supply flow to […]
INSTALLATION OF IMPROVED WATER MILLS IN KARGIL
Funding Agency:Integrated Rural Energy Project, Jammu Year of installation:2009 The improvement of traditional water mill (locally known as Rantak) is done by improving various components of the traditional mill. But, most significant is the replacement of the traditional wooden runner with a hydraulically better-shaped metallic runner that has cup shaped blades. This increases its operational […]
SOLAR THERMAL SOLUTIONS FOR SPACE HEATING IN LADAKH
Duration:April 2013 – December 2015 Project area:Ladakh province Partner:GIZ, MNRE, BMU, LREDA (Leh) and KREDA (Kargil). Context:The extreme living conditions for about 270,000 residents in the province Ladakh are marked by cold and arid alpine climate, and the population is exposed for more than 7 month of the year to sub-zero temperatures. It also witnesses […]
SAPI, KARGIL MICRO HYDRO POWER UNITS PROJECT
Context:Spanglung Sapi is a hamlet with 15 nos of households, located at a side dale of Sapi valley. It is situated 78 km Away from district headquarters “Kargil” at an elevation of 3877 meters. ASL. The peoples are mostly farmers, herders, and Gref Labours. Located in a structurally disadvantaged area the hamlet is not yet […]