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'''Pandri''' is a small village situated in the [[Purulia district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], known for being the first decentralized [[Solar power|solar-powered]] village in [[India]].<ref name=indiatoday>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-gets-its-first-solar-powered-village-in-bengal-279450-2015-12-29 |title=India gets its first solar-powered village in Bengal |date=2015-12-29 |website=India Today |language=en-US |access-date=2018-02-01 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201193156/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-gets-its-first-solar-powered-village-in-bengal-279450-2015-12-29 |archivedate=2018-02-01 }}</ref><ref name=timesofindia>{{Cite web |url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31812&articlexml=Bengal-leads-way-with-solar-village-16062015005001# |title=Bengal leads way with solar village |website=epaperbeta.timesofindia.com |language=en |access-date=2018-02-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201194649/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31812&articlexml=Bengal-leads-way-with-solar-village-16062015005001 |archivedate=2018-02-01 }}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Pandri is situated in the foothills of the [[Ajodhya Hills]] in the district Purulia.<ref name=timesofindia/> The village is located about eighteen kilometers from [[Jhalda]].<ref name=timesofindia/> The village has about eighty households which are basically mud huts in three clusters.<ref name=timesofindia/> The approach to the village is a dirt road that winds through hilly terrain.<ref name=timesofindia/> The source of water supply to Pandri village is a dam situated close to the village.<ref name=indiatoday/><br />
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==First solar-powered village in India==<br />
Pandri is the first decentralized solar-powered village in India.<ref name=indiatoday/> An initiative by [[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar]]'s [[Art of Living Foundation]] which is a non-profit organization and by the Sri Sri Rural Development Program in West Bengal,<ref name=indiatoday/> set up the solar plant at a cost of about 4,500,000 Indian rupees.<ref name=timesofindia/> Pandri was chosen for this project as it had all year water supply due to its proximity to a dam situated near the village. Logistically, it was hard to set up the solar power plant due to bad roads and the steep climb for the supply trucks to reach Pandri.<ref name=timesofindia/> The other issue in setting up the solar plant was that labor (which included masons) and electricians initially refused to work in the area and around the village, as it was an area affected by [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)|Maoists]].<ref name=timesofindia/> Covering about 2,000 square feet with about 75 solar panels,<ref name=indiatoday/> the solar power project was completed in 2015, generating about 1.2 kilowatts per panel of solar-power<ref name=indiatoday/> supplying clean energy to about 80 households.<ref name=indiatoday/><br />
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