Monday, August 25, 2008

Solar energy gets glamorous and ‘Unforgettable support’


"The Unforgettable Tour" of Amitabh Bachchan will be really Unforgettable Tour because they are not only entertaining the people over the world but they are going to spend some part of profit of the very good cause. Amitabh Bachchan and Wizcraft (event organizing company) have teamed up with Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Nobel Prize-winning United Nations climate panel, to help raise money for a project that will generate power for 100 villages in Asia and Africa.

Mr. Bachchan, along with Abhishek, Aishwarya , Preity Zinta, Ritesh Deshmukh are involved in the 'Light A Billion Lives' campaign, which aims to provide solar lanterns in villages spread across nine countries. The film stars will raise money and work for the campaign initiated by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in India during their concert tour in North America and Europe.

With the film stars entering to support the cause, Mr. Pachauri (also heads TERI) is quite confident that they will able to achieve the target by February 2009 and this will also help to raise awareness about this cause.

At least 1.6 billion people worldwide do not have access to electricity; the 'Light A Billion Lives' campaign would target villages in countries like India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Ethiopia and Malawi.

Priety Zinta, the 33 year old actress is also very excited to be involved in this campaign and believes everyone from the industry should come ahead and support campaigns like these.



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