Ladakhis see the light

The people of Ladakh, India’s northernmost region, are no strangers to hardship. But now, the world’s largest off-grid renewable energy project is being rolled out across this remote,

mountainous landscape, quietly revolutionising local lives. Duncan McKenzie reports

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24 | September 2013