Khuzama village in Nagaland is a little greener and more sustainable thanks to the efforts of its students who set up a mini hydropower plant.
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Through the heart of Khuzama village in Kohima district, Nagaland, runs the Asian Highway 2, which has street lamps that stand 7-foot tall. Its posts are painted with the motifs of the Angami tribe in colours of red, green, black, white, yellow and orange, among others. This was done to represent the “rich Angami tribe culture” that the village belongs to.
“There are 16 clans of Nagaland, and each has a unique language. So, we don’t understand one another,” laughs Keseto Thakro, a native of the village. But the lamps are a significant milestone for the Khuzama village for more reasons than one.
As the Coronavirus pandemic caused the world to go into lockdown, Keseto, who works as a technician in the mechanical department…