Agartala, Sept. 21 -- Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency (TREDA), under the Power Department, is implementing an innovative scheme to provide safe drinking water in rural areas using solar energy, informed Power Minister Ratan Lal Nath in the assembly.
He said that solar-based drinking water projects have been taken up in 50 rural areas across the state. An allocation of Rs 8 crore has been made for the initiative, of which 12 villages have already been covePara,red.
"In Birendra Para and Gobinda Bari under Chawmanu Assembly Constituency, around 84 families are getting drinking water through natural waterfalls and a borewell. In Biranjoy Para and Hajiray Para, 60 families benefited, while in Sanirai Para, 17 families; in Rajnagar...