This hydel machine was installed with a share from 50 families, which costs us nearly $3,000. We started this small hydro scheme as we needed it. We only get light from it and no other electric appliances. We start this turbine at 3 in the afternoon and switch it off the next day at 8 a.m.
Villagers like Mushtaq Ahmad say the homemade machines have changed daily lives.
When we had no electricity there was always smoke, as we use wood for heating and cooking, which causes diseases. Since we installed this project, thank God, we have gotten rid of these diseases and gained some other benefits.
But even with the machines, there is not enough electricity for everyone. So trees are cut down to provide wood for fire. Sardar Basharat Ahmad is an engineer. He says the valley needs more turbines.
Cutting down trees is a big loss. Using wood for heating and cooking causes health problems. If the hydel is promoted and new projects are set up, it will fulfill all the requirements of the people like cooking and heating, and it will save the cutting down of green trees.
Pakistan commonly experiences power cuts, especially in the summer. These blackouts affect many people and hurt economic activity. The country is using only about ten percent of its possible hydropower. Im Christopher Cruise.
Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today in the United States, we celebrate the births of two of our best writers. On this date in 1911, Tennessee Williams was born. Two of his most famous works are Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire. His stories are mostly about people who have problems, and many of them are set in the American South. They are powerful and emotional.
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