Tahtajpur, Bareilly - An IL&FS MPowered Village

Mrida provides consulting and implementation of end-to-end solutions for integrated Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives for leading Corporates. The IL&FS MPowered Village at TahTajpur is the first such initiative undertaken on behalf of the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd.

Mrida conducted a household level BaseLine Survey covering all 110 households in this unelectrified village in Bareilly District of Uttar Pradesh, to understand their needs and arrive at the interventions that would have maximum impact. The concept of the IL&FS MPowered Village arose from this survey.
TahTajpur today boasts of three 240 Watt DC Micro grids powering many of its households, with energy efficient LED bulbs and mobile charging facilities – lighting rural lives, facilitating education, allowing extended working hours for livelihood and income generation, and so on.
The first Mrida E-Hub – an innovative solar powered package of Education, Entertainment and E-Commerce facilities under one roof, was set up Tahtajpur. At its core are a LED nano-projector, multimedia technologies and software for education and entertainment. A laptop computer with an internet connection, and a colour printer complete the package. The E-Hub is housed in a room appropriately furnished with work benches, seating arrangements, and boards. It has LED Lights and fans, all powered by solar. The E-Hub is operated by a Village Level Entrepreneur, carefully selected and suitably trained by Mrida to run the entire setup as a business venture, which generates a livelihood and income for him, while providing facilities for advancement and upliftment of the rest of the village.