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INDIA (Rockefeller Foundation) – Smart Power for Environmentally-sound Economic Development (SPEED)

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  • CAPTION: Villagers cram together on the roof of a vehicle in order to travel between their island and the nearby city of Patna. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: Near the pontoon bridge connecting the island with Patna, sand miners carry headloads of sand from the Ganges into waiting boats for the building industry. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: The pontoon bridge that connects the island with the city of Patna. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: Mason Manjan Kumar carefully ensures his bricks are level as he works on the boundary wall of the OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Manjan Kumar.
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  • CAPTION: An advertising board helps passers by envisage the future at the construction site for the OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: Female self-help group (SHG) members. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Female self-help group (SHG) members. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Female self-help group (SHG) members. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Female self-help group (SHG) members. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Representatives of AST, an ESCO, at the construction site for the OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Indradev Rathore and Ravi Shankar.
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  • CAPTION: Locals walking the road to the OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Nirala Kumar, Shivkumar, Lal Babu Rai and Bablu.
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  • CAPTION: Bhageerat Rai, the landowner of the plot where the OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone is being constructed, stands proudly flanked by his son (right) and grandson (left). Behind, two construction workers display an advertising board that's designed to help passers-by visualise the opportunities this project will bring for them. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Mahendar Kumar, Manjan Kumar, Subodh Ray, Bhageerat Rai and Jeetan Rai.
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  • CAPTION: Bhageerat Rai, the landowner of the plot where the OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone is being constructed, stands proudly flanked by his son (right) and grandson (left). Behind them rises the first solar panel to be completed at the site. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Subodh Ray, Bhageerat Rai and Jeetan Rai.
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  • CAPTION: Locals come to charge their cell phones, which they've hooked up to a solar panel designed to power a street light in their village. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Locals come to charge their cell phones, which they've hooked up to a solar panel designed to power a street light in their village. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Pavan Kumar and Phoola Devi.
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  • CAPTION: In the privacy of her otherwise extremely dark home, Seema Devi stitches under the light provided by the OORJAmitra device. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Seema Devi.
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  • CAPTION: In the privacy of her otherwise extremely dark home, Seema Devi stitches under the light provided by the OORJAmitra device. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Seema Devi.
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  • CAPTION: In the courtyard outside her home, Seema Devi uses dried grass to light a fire in her traditional earthen stove. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Seema Devi.
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  • CAPTION: Gazing out at her sun-bathed courtyard from inside the dark hut in which she lives, Sulochana Devi - who has registered for an OORJAmitra device - knows that soon she will be able to close her door and exchange sunlight for well-lit privacy. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Sulochana Devi.
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  • CAPTION: Sulochana Devi lights a small flame powered by kerosene, the way the villagers of Singhilpur have lit up their dark homes since as long as they can remember. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Sulochana Devi.
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  • CAPTION: Sulochana Devi lights a small flame powered by kerosene, the way the villagers of Singhilpur have lit up their dark homes since as long as they can remember. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Sulochana Devi.
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  • CAPTION: Sulochana Devi lights a small flame powered by kerosene, the way the villagers of Singhilpur have lit up their dark homes since as long as they can remember. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Sulochana Devi.
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  • CAPTION: Wide-eyed children strain their eyes in the dark to see who's come to visit their home. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Community mobiliser Mahendra Paswan explains the benefits of signing up for an OORJAmitra device to potential customers. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Mahendra Paswan, Leelavati Kumar, Sardha Mumar, Meena Devi and Shanti Devi.
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  • CAPTION: For centuries, dried cow dung has been used as a source of fuel in India's villages. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Meena Devi.
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  • CAPTION: For centuries, dried cow dung has been used as a source of fuel in India's villages. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Meena Devi.
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  • CAPTION: Seema Devi milks her cow. In the absence of reliable and affordable power, storage of milk poses a problem for small-scale dairy entrepreneurs on the island. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Seema Devi.
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  • CAPTION: Seema Devi milks her cow. In the absence of reliable and affordable power, storage of milk poses a problem for small-scale dairy entrepreneurs on the island. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Unknown and Seema Devi.
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  • CAPTION: Working on a thatched roof. LOCATION: Singhilpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Installing the final module on the first solar panel at the OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: Installing the final module on the first solar panel at the OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: Installing the final module on the first solar panel at the OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Mangal Ray.
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  • CAPTION: Workers install the final module on the first solar panel at the OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: Workers congratulate one another after successfully completing the construction of the first solar panel at the OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Mangal Ray and Jairam Kumar Ray.
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  • CAPTION: Group photo at the OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone during the Rockefeller Foundation's documentation mission. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Many.
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  • CAPTION: The OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone is being strategically constructed at the intersection of two roads. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Bindheswan Kumar and Sudama Rai.
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  • CAPTION: Sudama Rai, a senior figure in the locality of the OORJAgram Rural Enterprise Zone. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Sudama Rai.
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  • CAPTION: The pontoon bridge, which enables villagers to cross the Ganges from their island to Patna and back. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: Sand miners carry headloads of sand from the Ganges into waiting boats for the building industry. LOCATION: Diara Rasulpur, Saran District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: Painting the finishing touches, as the DESI Mantra training centre is just days away from opening its doors to its first batch of trainees. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Mohammad Dawood.
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  • CAPTION: DESI Power's solar-powered pump enables users to draw water without having to manually pump the handle. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: Chopping up biomass. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Sazzam Hussain.
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  • CAPTION: Chopping up biomass. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Imran Hussain.
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  • CAPTION: Janmanjoy Kumar Roy oversees DESI Power's experimental solar battery charging station. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Janmanjoy Kumar Roy.
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  • CAPTION: Demonstrating the operation of DESI Power's pioneering 'smokeless chulha' cooking stove. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Touqeer Zaman.
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  • CAPTION: Operating DESI Power's hybrid gasifier. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Satyajit Sen.
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  • CAPTION: S N Sharan, affectionately known as 'Bullu Ji', is the CEO and Director of DESI Power. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: S N Sharan ('Bullu Ji').
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  • CAPTION: Poking ash inside one of DESI Power's gasifiers. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Sudhir Kumar Singh.
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  • CAPTION: Team DESI Power. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Back row from left to right - Satyajit Sen, Jaiprakash Kushwaha, S N Sharan ('Bullu Ji'), Sudhir Kumar Singh and Sajid Khan; front row from left to right - Deepak Das, Janmanjoy Kumar Roy and Touqeer Zaman.
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  • CAPTION: Checking on the combustion process inside one of DESI Power's gasifiers. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ashish Kumar Yadav.
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  • CAPTION: Since one of DESI Power's customers switched from diesel to biomass to fuel his business, this diesel engine has been stripped down to its component parts. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: Operating the lathe, powered by energy derived from biomass by DESI Power. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Mujaheed (in front) and Sohrab Alam (behind).
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  • CAPTION: Operating the lathe, powered by energy derived from biomass by DESI Power. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Mujaheed.
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  • CAPTION: Operating the lathe, powered by energy derived from biomass by DESI Power. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Mohammad Naushad (in front) and Mohammad Musi (behind).
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  • CAPTION: Lathe owner Mujaheed, one of DESI Power's customers, checks his meter to see how much electricity he's consumed. LOCATION: Gayari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Mujaheed.
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  • CAPTION: Bhalo Devi lugs a bag of biomass up to the hopper of one of DESI Power's gasifiers for combustion. LOCATION: Behirban, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Bhalo Devi.
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  • CAPTION: Smoke billows out of one of DESI Power's gasifiers as Bhalo Devi raises its lid, ready to add more biomass for combustion. LOCATION: Behirban, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Bhalo Devi.
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  • CAPTION: After a hard day's work, rice farmer and DESI Power customer Hirdu Mandal enjoys a refreshing blast of water as it gushes out of the irrigation pump he uses to water his paddy. LOCATION: Beherbari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Hirdu Mandal.
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  • CAPTION: Rice farmer and DESI Power customer Hirdu Manda checks the progress of his paddy. LOCATION: Beherbari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Hirdu Mandal.
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  • CAPTION:  LOCATION: Beherbari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Hirdu Mandal.
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  • CAPTION: After a hard day's work, rice farmer and DESI Power customer Hirdu Mandal enjoys a refreshing blast of water as it gushes out of the irrigation pump he uses to water his paddy. LOCATION: Beherbari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Hirdu Mandal.
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  • CAPTION: Rockefeller Foundation consultant Sanjay Khazanchi on a field trip in Araria, Bihar. LOCATION: Beherbari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: .
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  • CAPTION: DESI Power's Deepak Das shows just how much, relative to his own height, one of the types of tree the company uses for biomass can grow in only a few weeks. LOCATION: Beherbari, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: .
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  • CAPTION: A cell tower, anchor load for renewable energy provided by DESI Power. LOCATION: Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: A cell tower, anchor load for renewable energy provided by DESI Power. LOCATION: Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: Potential customers of DESI Power operate a rice de-husking machine by the side of the road. LOCATION: Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Potential customers of DESI Power operate a rice de-husking machine by the side of the road. LOCATION: Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Potential customers of DESI Power operate a rice de-husking machine by the side of the road. LOCATION: Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Potential customers of DESI Power operate a rice de-husking machine by the side of the road. LOCATION: Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Potential customers of DESI Power operate a rice de-husking machine by the side of the road. LOCATION: Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Potential customers of DESI Power operate a rice de-husking machine by the side of the road. LOCATION: Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Shahjahan Mobile Plaza, a recent convert from diesel to energy derived from biomass by DESI Power, is able to provide computing and mobile-related services late into the night. LOCATION: Bara, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Mohammad Mahboob Alam, Babloo, Imran Alam, Rafiq Alam and Mohammad Kainan Alam.
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  • CAPTION: Shahjahan Mobile Plaza, a recent convert from diesel to energy derived from biomass by DESI Power, gives parched customers an opportunity to quench their thirst thanks to its fridge stocked with cold drinks. LOCATION: Bara, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Imran Alam, Mohammad Kainan Alam, unknown (but distant) and Imtiaz Ahmad..
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  • CAPTION: Shahjahan Mobile Plaza, a recent convert from diesel to energy derived from biomass by DESI Power, is able to provide computing and mobile-related services late into the night, and also gives parched customers an opportunity to quench their thirst thanks to its fridge stocked with cold drinks. LOCATION: Bara, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Babloo, Imran Alam, Rafiq Alam, unknown (but distant), Mohammad Kainan Alam, unknown (but distant), unknown (but distant and partially obscured) and Imtiaz Ahmad.
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  • CAPTION: After dark, a single bulb lights up a small wheat mill in the Bihari village of Bara. LOCATION: Bara, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: N/A.
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  • CAPTION: Mohammad Irshad loads wheat for milling by machinery powered by energy derived from biomass. LOCATION: Bara, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Mohammad Irshad.
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  • CAPTION: Mohammad Irshad at his wheat mill. LOCATION: Bara, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Mohammad Irshad.
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  • CAPTION: At Bara's madrasa (Islamic educational institution), evening study sessions can continue without interuption even after dark, thanks to reliable power flows from DESI Power. LOCATION: Bara, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Kari Abdul Salaam and madrasa students (faces not shown).
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  • CAPTION: At Bara's madrasa (Islamic educational institution), evening study sessions can continue without interuption even after dark, thanks to reliable power flows from DESI Power. LOCATION: Bara, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Kari Abdul Salaam and madrasa students (faces not shown).
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  • CAPTION:  LOCATION: Bara, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Rajesh Kumar Thakur.
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  • CAPTION: Checking the gas pressure at DESI Power's Bara gasifier plant. LOCATION: Bara, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Umesh Kumar Sao.
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  • CAPTION: Controlling the gas value at DESI Power's Bara gasifier plant. LOCATION: Bara, Araria District, Bihar, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Gurudev Malankar.
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  • CAPTION: Rammurat Yadav (left), Pradhan (leader) of Baharayen, meets with residents of the village who'd like to set up micro enterprises drawing on electricity generated under the SPEED initiative. LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Rammurat Yadav, Ram Khilavan and unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Rammurat Yadav (left), Pradhan (leader) of Baharayen, meets with residents of the village who'd like to set up micro enterprises drawing on electricity generated under the SPEED initiative. LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Rammurat Yadav, Ram Khilavan and Vikas Dubey.
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  • CAPTION: Rammurat Yadav (left), Pradhan (leader) of Baharayen, meets with residents of the village who'd like to set up micro enterprises drawing on electricity generated under the SPEED initiative. LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Rammurat Yadav, Ram Khilavan and Vikas Dubey.
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  • CAPTION: At the site of the proposed plant, Pradhan (leader) of Baharayen Rammurat Yadav (left), discusses plans for electricity provision under the SPEED initiative with Secretary of PANI Bharat Bhushan (centre) and Akash Mittal of TARA (right). LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Rammurat Yadav, Bharat Bhushan and and Akash Mittal.
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  • CAPTION: At the site of the proposed plant, Pradhan (leader) of Baharayen Rammurat Yadav (left), discusses plans for electricity provision under the SPEED initiative with Secretary of PANI Bharat Bhushan (centre) and Akash Mittal of TARA (right). LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Rammurat Yadav, Bharat Bhushan and and Akash Mittal.
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  • CAPTION: Feeding a buffalo in Baharayen. Under SPEED, this lady and her husband expect to be able to significantly expand their dairy farming business. LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown.
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  • CAPTION: Feeding a buffalo in Baharayen. Under SPEED, Ram Khilavan expects to be able to significantly expand his dairy farming business. LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ram Khilavan.
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  • CAPTION: . LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ram Khilavan.
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  • CAPTION: . LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ram Khilavan.
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  • CAPTION: Putting up electricity cables, part of a SPEED mini grid in Baharayen. LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ram Janam.
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  • CAPTION: Putting up electricity cables, part of a SPEED mini grid in Baharayen. LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ram Teerath.
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  • CAPTION: While his father is busy working on the SPEED mini grid's construction, Sanchit enjoys his time outdoors. Home lighting will mean that he can get to his homework after playing till nightfall.. LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Sanchit Janam.
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  • CAPTION: Ambarish Singh of PAHEL mentors prospective microentrepreneur Lucky Yadav, aged just 15, as he thinks through possibilities for starting a photography and video studio once SPEED brings electricity to the village of Baharayen. LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Ambarish Singh and Lucky Yadav.
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  • CAPTION: . LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Ambarish Singh and Lucky Yadav.
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  • CAPTION: . LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Ambarish Singh and Lucky Yadav.
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  • CAPTION: Chandravati (right), herself illiterate, makes an effort to learn from her school-going daughter Pinki (left) after dark in Baharayen. For now, this means considerable eye strain in the dark, as the room is lit only by burning dangerous kerosene. Home lighting through SPEED will put an end to these challenges. LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Pinki and Chandravati.
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  • CAPTION: Chandravati (right), herself illiterate, makes an effort to learn from her school-going daughter Pinki (left) after dark in Baharayen. For now, this means considerable eye strain in the dark, as the room is lit only by burning dangerous kerosene. Home lighting through SPEED will put an end to these challenges. LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Pinki and Chandravati.
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  • CAPTION: Chandravati (right), herself illiterate, makes an effort to learn from her school-going daughter Pinki (left) after dark in Baharayen. For now, this means considerable eye strain in the dark, as the room is lit only by burning dangerous kerosene. Home lighting through SPEED will put an end to these challenges. LOCATION: Baharayen, Faizabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right - Pinki and Chandravati.
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