Dhruvraj Bhartia, a 17-year-old teenager from Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai, chose to use his summer vacation differently and decided to reach out to people of remote villages in Assam by providing solar lights where there was no electricity so far.
His dream is finally turning to reality as Nezone Biscuits, Tezpur agreed to sponsor the solar units in four villages -- Kamarpathar, Sirajuli, Bordubi and Habigaon near Dhekiajuli -- where there was no electricity.
Since 2010, Dhruvraj has been a senior youth ambassador with Project Chirag, an initiative of Chirag Rural Development Foundation, a Mumbai-based NGO.
For the last two days, Dhruvraj along-with Jyotirmoy Chatterji, Co-Founder of Project Chirag, single handedly set up 165 solar lamp units in the four villages.
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"Renewable energy is the way forward in rural India, 25 per cent of India is seeped in poverty, if each one of us able citizen could contribute towards benefitting one family, we truly could develop an inclusive economy," Dhruvraj said at a meeting at one of the villages today.
The team looks forward to scaling up the initiative further and lighting up more villages in remote parts of Assam with support from corporates, individuals and in partnership with educational institutes, he said.