When SUN becomes son, & starts paying: Urban poor are now producing power through solar rooftop and selling it too

ANOOP SAXENA NEW DELHI: In the labyrinthine lanes of Dharavi, where the skyline was once a chaotic mesh of tangled electrical wires and ‘hooking’ cables, a new architecture is rising. The rusted corrugated tin roofs that define Mumbai’s informal settlements are disappearing beneath a sleek, blue-black armour of solar panels. Meet Abdul Sheikh, a 42-year-old…

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