Solar Street Lights Improve Quality of Life in Indian Villages

A government program in India helps provide solar-powered street lights to rural communities. Solar lighting is bringing changes to many areas, including the village of Balla, near the Himalayas in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh. In the past, many villagers never left homes after the sun went down. The reason: the streets usually went completely dark at night. “We used to be scared. This is a lonely area and wild animals used to come,” villager Umesh Chandra Awasthi told VOA.