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5 Mar 2003

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UN Wire

INDIA: Banks, UNEP Launch Solar Power Initiative

The U.N. Environment Program and two of India's largest banks [Syndicate Bank, Canara Bank] yesterday launched a $7.6 million solar power initiative aimed at helping 18,000 households in southern India conserve energy and emit fewer pollutants...UNEP backed the project along with the United Nations Foundation and the Shell Foundation.