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Bio-energy
for Sustainable Rural Development in Tumkur
District, Karnataka (BERI)
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Implementing Organization:
Karnataka State Council for Science and
Technology, Bangalore. |
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Start and End Date: April
2001–March 2006. |
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Bio-energy
packages
The project emphasizes people’s
participation and strengthening of local
institutions for effective delivery of
energy services to the local communities.
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Construction
of leaf litter
plant in progress. |
Input
feed to the plant. |
Gas
bag holder in the plant. |
The project demonstrates and disseminates
suitable bio-energy packages to meet the
rural energy needs in a sustainable and
participatory manner. The project, in
its fourth year of operation, emphasizes
people’s participation, and strengthening
of local institutions for effective delivery
of energy services to the local communities.
Construction of the building for the gasifier
in the first cluster has been completed.
The linking of
BESCOM and facilitating the takeover of
electricity distribution by the local
communities has taken place. Direct feeder
line linking the villages in the first
cluster has also been completed.
A cluster level society is being formed
for taking over and managing distribution
of electricity from BESCOM. A work order
has been issued for the second phase of
the gasifier installation in the first
cluster. 13 borewells with power from
BESCOM have been energized.
Commissioning of 28 community bio-gas
plants has been completed to provide gas
to 92 households. Impact assessment study
of the first phase of biogas plants was
completed.
Raising of 8.3 lakh seedlings and plantation
on 688 hectares of community lands, and
327 hectares of farm lands was done. A
series of technical workshops have been
held for awareness building and capacity
building among local communities, including
1,000 women.
A workshop on community mobilization was
conducted involving all cluster NGOs and
other experts for reviewing the progress
in the clusters.
Five WUAs have become functional, and
38 farmers have installed storage tanks
and drip irrigation systems. 25 new WUAs
have been formed.
The project plans significant progress
in the coming year, in terms of additions
to gasifiers, and
also in the area of finally commissioning
them to be able to supply electricity
in a decentralized manner to the villages
in the project areas.
Biogas
stoves being used for cooking.
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