<p>A new wave of energy has swept a remote village of Matta Tehsil. Children are excited, elders relieved. Electricity had lit their dark houses after over six decades of independence and connected them to the modern world. 
“We can now watch cartoons on the TV just like all the other children,” said an excited child during the inauguration of a micro-hydropower station on Saturday.
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The community-based power station, which will supply electricity to about 110 households in Swatai village, has been installed with the assistance of Small Grants Ambassador Fund Program of the USAID in collaboration with the Swat Participatory Council (SPC).
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2012-06-08 12:50
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