Solar Lantern — Jogad Village
Posted: 12/11/2009
Construction
Start date
07/01/2009
Expected completion date
09/15/2009
What Has Been Purchased for the Project
Under the present project, 138 solar lanterns were distributed to the members of Jogad village. The raw material for the same was purchased and the lanterns were assembled by the local women's groups.
Jobs Created During Construction
11
Description and breakdown of jobs
The members of Ambaji Swashrayee Mandal were engaged in assembling of the solar lanterns. 5 members of the group were active in assembling of the lanterns and the other 6 members helped in bringing the material and other activities. This resulted in an income of Rs. 100 per solar lantern assembled by the women's group. The total income for the group thus amounted to Rs. 13,800.
In addition to this, as a result of increase in salt production, more labourers need to be hired for loading & unloading activities. 1 extra labourer per family needs to be hired. This results in an additional ncome for them @ Rs. 30 per tonne of salt. Therefore with an increase in production of 150-200 tonnes, the resultant increase in income for the additional labourers amount to Rs. 4500-6000.
Summary of Project Completion
Jogad village is situated in Halvad Taluka and is bordering the little Rann of Kutch in Surendranagr district. 70% of salt production is done in Gujarat and that is done in the Little Rann of Kutch. 30,000 salt workers are engaged in the work of salt production.
the salt season starts from October and ends in May. Thus the salt workers have to leave their villages alongwith their families to go and stay in teh desert on teh salt pans for a period of 8 months in a year.
These salt workers do not have access to basic amenities in the desert. They do not have access to drinking water, food. They have to go back to the villages for all these requirements. Also there is no electricity in teh desert. They have to use kerosene lamps. These areas are also prone to wind storms. In such circumstances, the temporary shelters constructed by the salt farmers also catch fire. It is for this reason that solar lanterns were distributed to the salt farmers under the present project.
As a result of these 138 solar lanterns that were distributed to the salt workers, they were able to save 40-50 litres of kerosene in the salt season. Also as a result of the solar lights, these 138 slat worker families were able to start work on teh salt pans early in the morning. This has resulted in an increase in salt production by 150-200 tonnes resulting in an increase in income of Rs. 20,000 -22000. Also they were able to charge their mobile phones with the use of solar panels. Also they could stay without worrying about their huts catching fire due to kerosene lamps.
These solar lamps were very helpful to the salt farmers as it was able to solve their problems.
Also teh memebrs of Ambaji Swashrayee Mandal were engaged in the work of assembling of solar lanterns. This also resulted in an income for these members. Also looking to the usefulness of these solar lanterns, this group got an order of assembling other 50 solar lanterns.
Final Budget
Final project cost in local currency
396663 INR
Impact (to date)
Lives directly impacted
652
Direct Impact/Primary Benefits
138 solar lanterns were distributed to 138 families from jogad village. The total number of direct beneficiaries were 138 families i.e. 652 people.
More details on the name of beneficiries and the number of family members are enclosed.
Lives Indirectly Impacted
193
Community-wide Impact/Extended Benefits
The indirect beneficiaries include families of 11 members of the Ambaji Swashrayee Mandal that were engaged in assembling of solar lanterns. This number 55 beneficiaries. In addition to this 1 extra labourer needs to be hired per family for loading and unloading. Resulting in 138 beneficiaries.
Improved health
The present project has not directly contributed to health of the communities. However, this has resulted in improved health care facility for the communities. This is because the members were able to charge their mobile phones using the solar panels. As a result of this they were able to access immediate treatment (Details explained in a case study)
Clean energy
As a result of this solar lanterns, teh communities did not have to use kerosene lamps.
Employment Generation
Productive time created
The members were able to start working early in the morning due to the solar lanterns and continue work in teh evening also. As a result they were able to work for 1.30 -2.00 hours more.
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