Residents of Mother Teresa Home Leprosy colony in the national Capital’s Tahirpur can area can look forward to uninterrupted power supply as well as save on electricity bills with the commissioning of solar panels at its premises recently.
This has been made possible under the Leprosy Control Project helmed by Rotary Club of Delhi South (RCDS), Lepra UK (India branch), Assets Care and Reconstruction Enterprise Ltd (ACRE) and its partner Rotary Clubs – Regency Next, Delhi South end which is also engaged in supporting palliative care and rehabilitation of the leprosy patients under various welfare activities.
India accounts for more than half (almost 60 per cent) of new leprosy cases worldwide, despite being declared ‘leprosy-free’ in 2005.
