| MUMBAI:
In an edition of CNN’s Eco Solutions, Mumbai based international correspondent,
Mallika Kapur takes viewers on a scenic tour of India's greener side. A few small
institutions to corporate India have focused on green initiatives and significant
changes are visible today from cutting-edge clean technology to innovative grassroots
projects. Eco Solutions Greening India captures
The impact that the green movement is making in India in a half-hour special airing
18 March 2010 at 2 pm. CNN Eco Solutions journey starts from Shirdi, a
holy destination in the western region of India where solar cooking is revolutionizing
life at one of India's most celebrated temples. Solar cookers have replaced heavy-polluting
traditional stoves making it cheaper and greener for the temple to host hundreds
of thousands of pilgrims visiting daily. Next,
Eco Solutions visits a remote village in South India where the solar lamp
is lighting up thousands of life stories. Solar energy may be the answer to India’s
huge energy deficit as today almost half of the country’s population lives
without power. Deepak
Gadhia of Gadhia Solar Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd. said, “We soon realized what
India needed was appropriate technology, not high technology. The most satisfying
projects are the ones we do in the villages, where we can convert the whole thing
into a smoke free village. We realize that it's not about technology, it's about
social engineering. For those who cannot afford it, we have to social engineer
so that they can pay from the profit and not from the pocket. India would change
if we could have this technology in 500,000 villages in India.”
Greenpeace India Siddharth Pathak said, “In India, you still have a long,
long way to go for environment friendly technology innovation, but the potential
is immense. We need to exploit that potential rather than
waiting for the world to change and world technologies to come into India. I would
say India can take on a leading role in developing solar or renewable technologies
in the world.” India
is known around the world as a burgeoning car market and CNN’s Eco Solutions
takes a closer look at India’s homegrown brand that hopes its green technology
can capitalise on this potential. Kapur finds out how an electric car company
has big plans for more than one billion people in India and even bigger plans
for the world. | 
