A Great Pakistani make his own Power House for his village, Swades movie in real , Must watch Buner (Pakistan): Who says you need to be an electrical engineer to light up the darkness? Zahir Shah Malang proved that all you need is positivity and a hydropower station. Malang’s determination has lit 150 homes already and aims to light 250 more in the isolated mountain settlement of Buner, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “I saw a hydropower station in another village”, says the jovial Malang, “and I thought we have enough water, I can make one of these!” and so he did. With a little financing and the help of his friends, Malang brought the residents of his primitive community to the night loving 21st century. He bills smaller households Rs 200 and larger households Rs 250 a month for electricity. Malang’s remote village can be accessed after a 5km uphill trek. It remains a place where people rise with the sun and retire when it sets; grow, rear or hunt what they eat and suffer mountain winters which paralyse them. But Malang’s 220 watt rays of light in every home promise a brighter future.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:28:24 +0000
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