School children and villagers in large number accorded a warm welcome to Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Abdullah, on his visit to the solar energy villages Rawan and Mohda situated in the Baranpara sanctuary area on Friday.
Union Minister Abdullah has mingled with the little children of the villages and blessed them by giving them flowers. The Minister asked many questions to the school children about their study and their daily routine and got impressed much with their innocent answers also.
In the forest village Ravaan, villagers told them that they had seen and heard him singing bhajans on television, and now, have seen him direct. They have demanded from him to sing a bhajan. On the demand of the villagers, the Union Minister sang a bhajan dedicated to lord Ram.
The Renewable Energy Development Council, an undertaking of Chhattisgarh Government, had made
electrification of the two villages through solar energy system. The Union Ministry, in order to promote solar energy and non-conventional energy sources in the country, had launched various schemes with the assistance of the State Governments.