In continuation of its goal of allocating 100,000 solar lanterns to off-grid communities, Panasonic India has announced the next step towards improving people’s lives residing in areas which have no electricity. The Company allocated 5,000 solar lights last year and as a subsequent stride 4,000 solar lanterns will be contributed in India this year.
In order to achieve this, Panasonic has collaborated with six leading NGOs (nonprofit organizations) which primarily include the World Health Partners, Plan International India, World Vision India, Care India, Japan Lutheran Evangelical Association and SARD in the areas of Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal and Haryana.
Manish Sharma, Managing Director, Panasonic India, said, “India has tremendous energy needs and an increasing difficulty in meeting those needs through traditional means of power generation. There is a wide disparity in demand and supply of power and our country risks facing a severe energy crisis in the future. The only solution that can help amend this situation is Renewable Energy. Keeping this in mind, Panasonic realizes the need to provide an alternative and healthy source of energy to the people of India which is expected to play a significant role in helping meet the nation’s energy needs.”
Panasonic has already enriched the lives of a considerable population in the world by launching successful solar lantern projects and allocated 10,000 compact solar lights to nonprofit, non-governmental and humanitarian organizations working to solve social challenges in Myanmar (3,000 units) and India (5,000 units), along with 2,000 lights to refugee camps in Africa in 2013.
