News4u-News Desk-Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s efforts to electrify villages with solar energy has changed the lives of people in six villages of Amethi and Rae Bareli constituencies.

The impact of the pilot project initiated by the young leader in 2005 was visible when the Gandhi scion was greeted by brightly lit pathways on his visit last night to Kalyan Surjai, one of the six hamlets where the project was implemented in its initial phase.

“Four years down the line, the project has changed the lives of people in these villages as their dependence on the erratic power supply has been reduced to the minimum,” Saroj Devi of Kalyani Mahila Sangthan self-help group, which worked on the project, told the news agency.

The Congress leader, who made a detour to the village in Jagatpur block also interacted with 10-12 families and enquired about the progress of the project, she said.

People apprised Rahul about the change which had come into their lives as a result of his efforts and expressed their gratitude to the local MP for initiating the project, Saroj Devi said.

Around 25 self-help groups had joined hands to implement the project with the assistance of an Andhra-based company which provided the technical know-how and also the technique to the SHGs to develop low-cost bulbs based on solar energy, she said.

These low-cost lamps are within easy reach of common people who have started using them in their daily lives, said the locals.

Rahul launches health insurance scheme for SHG women

Congress General Secretary and local MP Rahul Gandhi today launched Rajiv Gandhi Artisans Health Insurance scheme for women associated with self-help groups.

Inagurating the scheme here launched as a joint venture between the ICICI Bank and Union Textile Ministry, Rahul said free medical treatment of upto Rs 6,000 would be provided to women associated with the SHGs.

Cards will be issued to the beneficiaries under the scheme, which will entitle them for free treatment at the Sanjay Gandhi hospital.

Ten OPD camps were also organised on the occasion at Sanjay Gandhi hospital, where free medical examination and treatment was provided to locals.

The Congress leader himself inspected the camps and enquired about medical examination and treatment being given to the patients.

Earlier, Rahul met various delegations, including students of some schools, partymen and women at Munshiganj guest house.

 

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