Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change took up the initiative with the help of district administration and power department in organising a programme during special Easter Sunday service around the three fringe area villages of Fakim wildlife sanctuary for distribution of eco friendly materials and to disseminate the information about the benefits of using eco-friendly technology like LED bulbs and solar lamps.
Deputy commissioner Kiphire, Chumremo Odyuo during Easter Sunday service at Fakim village shared his thoughts on saving electricity by adopting energy efficient and eco-friendly technology like Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs and solar lamps. He also extolled the villagers to follow the example of Christ and to bring a change in their lives for the common good of the society.
SDO (C) Kiphire Hq, Lankonsen shared about the resurrection of Christ and bringing light in the world. He further impressed upon the villagers that Fakim village being the first complete LED powered village should also spread the message of good light to others.
Later in the programme all the villagers submitted their traditional 100 watt tungsten bulbs to deputy commissioner and received 15 watt LED bulbs making Fakim as the first complete LED light village in Nagaland. The village council also made a resolution to ban use of tungsten light. Village council also submitted representation to junior engineer, Electricity department, Daniel Yimchunger for giving an equivalent concession on community electricity bill.
In the programme Kiusang Yimchunger administered the pledge to all the villagers to use natural light, paint home interior into white/bright, use energy efficient CFL, LED and solar charged light, switch off lights when not in use to save electricity and requested the villagers to spread this message to their family, friends and relatives.
Special service was led bypastor, Fakim Baptist Church, Ningtsuki. Programme was attended by EAC Pungro, Chonpenthung Ezung, and assistant commandant, 11 NAP (IR), D company, Haiding.
Meanwhile, range forest officer Lansothung Lotha, and Forest guard John Yimchunger, participated in the special Easter church service in Thanamir and Vongtsuvong village respectively and later distributed solar charged lamps to every household.
Wildlife warden, Kiphire wildlife division, Kamdi Hemant Bhaskar IFS, thanked Trustee, EcoSolutions, Mumbai, Yatendra Agraval for providing all the material and technical help. The NGO has been tirelessly working for rural lighting and other eco-friendly technologies.
So far they have distributed 7000 solar lamps in Nagaland alone and was ready for expansion of the same along with Terafil (low cost water filters) technology for iron contaminated areas in other parts of Nagaland.
Programme concluded with formal inauguration of signboard by deputy commissioner which read “Fakim – First Complete LED Light Village”.