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From rice husk to 24x7 power, Husk Power aims to continue upward journey

Husk Power Founder Manoj Sinha says the fall in prices of solar energy allowed them to offer reliable power at reasonable rates

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Husk was able to maintain 23.7 hours of average uptime even during the strict lockdown and curfews last year.

Anjuli Bhargava New Delhi
Growth, development, higher disposable incomes, savings may be notoriously hard to get going in developing countries but aspirations outstrip all other parameters rather quickly and India is no exception to this rule. When Husk Power founder Manoj Sinha started on his journey to bring light into the lives of residents of Bihar, his home state and Eastern Uttar Pradesh, way back in 2007-08, people were grateful for 6-8 hours of uninterrupted reliable power, especially at night. They didn’t imagine or even dream of a time when electricity would be something they took totally for granted. Yet it took less than