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'''Sarvantara''' is a small rural village located in the block of [[Nawabganj, Bareilly|Nawabganj]] in the [[Bahraich district|district of Bahraich]] of the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is a Dalit-dominated village which was in the dark even after 69 years of Independence. With no electricity network, the natives had to cover distances to nearby electrified villages. The villagers had to walk miles to charge their [[Mobile phone|cell phones]], what to speak of lighting and fans. They village was finally received light with Oorja, a [[London]] based social enterprise, launched its 8 kW [[Solar power|solar]] mini grid.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarvantara village in UP’s Bahraich sees light after 69 years of Independence |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/sarvantara-village-in-up-s-bahraich-sees-light-after-69-years-of-independence/story-z1nTlgRqWVK0uJYxRhhy2H.html |website=hindustantimes.com}}</ref>

==Electrification of Village==
Due to the efforts of [[Clementine Chambon]], who is a student from [[Imperial College]], London, the [[United Kingdom]]. A final-year student of [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] has helped village with Oorja. Oorja promotes sustainable local economic development, and aims to give clean energy to almost 450 million people who have no access to reliable electricity in rural [[India]]. The mini solar grid provides energy-affordable lighting, charging phones and running fans in homes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lighting lives |url=https://www.thehindu.com/children/lighting-lives/article19384635.ece |website=thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Oorja==
Clementine Chambon with her colleague, Indian social entrepreneur Amit Saraogi founded Oorja in the year 2015. The organization gives economical and reliable power to rural communities in India that are currently not connected to the country's national energy grid network. By doing this, it could provide a larger distribution of electricity to power small enterprises that includes [[water purification]] stations, sewing cooperatives, and grain mills in the village. The team at Oorja then also planned to increase more financial to enable them to roll out some more mini-grids to other villages in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=UK student lights up Indian village with solar power |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/uk-student-lights-up-indian-village-with-solar-power-997030-2017-07-12 |website=indiatoday.in}}</ref>

==Demographic==
The majority of the population in Sarvantara is farmers and relies on agriculture for their livelihoods. Due to Oorja, the farmers will get fuel for productivity. The renewable energy generated will also benefits power pumps to give [[irrigation]] services to farmers. This will also provide a significant cost savings compared to diesel-powered pumps.<ref>{{cite web |title=UK student Clementine Chambon lights up Sarvantara village in Uttar Pradesh with solar power |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/uk-student-clementine-chambon-lights-up-sarvantara-village-in-uttar-pradesh-with-solar-power/760945/ |website=financialexpress.com}}</ref>

==Geographic==
The people of the village use [[Hindi Language|Hindi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]], and [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] for communication. The village falls under the division of Devipatan. Nanpara, Bahraich, Laharpur, Kheri are the nearby Cities to Sarvantara.

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Bahraich district]]

Sarvantara Village - Revision history

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