Indian villagers walk 20 kms to Charge Cell Phones!
December 23rd, 2007 by Annkur
Villagers in Kajrai (Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh) walk almost 20 kms just to charge their cellphones. Although the government’s development arm is yet to bless them with electricity, they already have, what has become the craze of the nation – Mobile Phones!
We can see here the popularityof mobile phones despite the absence of electricity. Although villagers benefit with better connectivity, charging their cells is a problem for them. “We are thirty to forty people who have mobile phones in this villagebut we have to go to Mandi Bamora village to get our phones charged,”says Rajesh Ahirwar, Villager.
Read at IBNlive
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