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Day 150: 28 February \u201922: All India Road Trip: Maharashtra: Shahapur
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So far:
28 States, 5 Union Territories | Distance Covered: 23,960 km. 
Previous stops: Pune, Panchgani, Arambol | Next stops: Mumbai, Aurangabad, Bijapur.

We drove to a few villages near Shahapur, Thane from Pune. Although, just couple of hours from the mega metro these tribal villages of Manache Amba, Shishavali and Nishet were remote because of the terrain and in fact get cutoff for 4-5 months during the monsoons.

The objective of the visit was to understand how Gram Oorja is changing lives of these villagers through electrification and mechanising irrigation using renewable energy solutions primarily solar.
Anshuman Lath, Director Gram Oorja took us around and we met the villagers who informed us how their lives have been transformed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was an invaluable experience for us as such learning\u2019s would help us in implementing our community and rural tourism initiatives in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n