Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh Environment & Forest department has distributed solar energy equipment to about 25,000 households in Mayudia village. The package includes one solar panel, one chargeable multipurpose battery unit, one table lamp and an emergency light.
‘It would be of great help to our villagers who have been suffering due to the power crisis. Despite such limitations, they are actively supporting wildlife conservation in Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary,’ village headman Napi Umpo said. The people of Tiwari Gaon, a fringe village adjacent to Mehao Sanctuary, have been supporting the bear conservation and rehabilitation project and Hoolock Gibbon Translocation project for the safety of wildlife.
The distribution was done during ‘Interaction for Conservation Awareness & Distribution of Solar Equipment’, an event organized by WTI in collaboration with Department of Environment & Forest, Arunachal Pradesh, with support from Europaeische Tierschutzstftung (ETS).
‘The community living around any protected area is the first layer of the protection shield. In order to consolidate the shield, we need to understand the psychology and the needs of the people. The distribution of solar sets will further bridge the conservation support and confidence for the ongoing Asiatic Black bear rehabilitation project and Hoolock Gibbon Translocation Project in Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary,’ said Sunil Kyarong, deputy director and regional head, Wildlife Trust of India.
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