AKRSP ON ASHDEN AWARDS LIST</I> - 2004-06-08

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Tuesday, 2004, June 8
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The short listed projects for Ashden Awards in Pakistan included Aga Khan Rural Support Programme in the Northern Areas for its pioneering efforts in the Northern Areas with the aim of providing clean, affordable electricity to the population using water as the source of energy. This innovative technology, which has transformed the lives of 20,000 households in the Chitral region of the Hindu Kush, simply uses rushing water to create electricity.

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV

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Pakistan among short-listed countries for prestigious Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2004 - 2004-06-08

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Pakistan is one of the seven finalists, short-listed from around the globe for the prestigious Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2004, known in the world as ?Green Oscars' which are given for protecting the environment.The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy carries a prize of over ?140,000 and was created by a UK- based Trust in 2001 to promote inspirational renewable energy projects for providing social and economic benefits to local communities and contribute towards protecting the environment by reducing dependence on fossil fuels, the Trust sources told APP here Thursday.

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