​​Project Benefits

The project is expected to bring significant socio-economic and environmental benefits both at local and global level.

The potential benefits include

Socio-economic benefits 

•  Illumination and safe drinking water for 2500 households 
  
• Cooking gas (biogas) supply for all the households
  
• Equitable irrigation water supply for at least half an acre for each household.
  
• Establishment of agro-industry units, generation of employment and incomes 
  
• Empowerment
  
• Reduction in drudgery for women and children
  

• Development of village level institutions.
  
• Capacity building of village communities, NGOs, entrepreneurs, researchers
  
• Evolution of appropriate bio-energy policy.
  

• Awareness creation on bioenergy among rural communities, NGOs, bankers and policy makers
  

• Carbon dioxide reduction through fossil fuel substitution
  
• Land reclamation through forestry through development of biomass on about 3000 hectares of forest, community and farm lands through various models.
  
• Biomass conservation to reduce pressure on trees and forests