The Chhattisgarh Government is in the process of distributing solar lamps to forest management committees/ committee members and forest dwellers of 22 forest circles of 16 districts under State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (State CAMPA).
An amount of `12.56 crore has been approved under Chief Minister’s Solar lamp Free Distribution Scheme for free distribution of 93,904 solar lED lights and 18. 33 lakh solar lED lamps, officials stated.
The Forest Department officials informed that as many as 1780 Solar lED lights have been distributed in Bijapur forest circle, 2957 in Dantewada, 8198 in Sukma, 6113 in Bastar, 2040 in Narayanpur, 4344 in North Kondagaon, 3960 in South Kondagaon, 3197 in Kanker, 2592 in East Bhanupratappur, 1864 in West Bhanuprapatpur, 2960 in Rajnandgaon, 2569 in Khairagarh, 3492 in Kawardha, 10652 in Dhamtari, 7353 in Gariaband, 3273 in Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve, 3148 in Koriya, 2502 in Manendragarh, 6644 in Jashpur, 5842 in Surguja, 3380 in Surajpur, 5044 in Balrampur, 1631 in Balod and 1367 lED lights have been distributed in Baloda Bazar to committees and forest dwellers under CAMPA.