A kerosene lamp into work once again

→ An electronic energy meter

Like any other parts of the country, Phobjikha valley was connected to the national grid in the year 2012 which lit up every houses across the valley. But on 16th February 2013 a heavy snowfall damaged the electric supply line between Khotokha and Phobjikha. This blacked out the whole valley for around 22 days. Rice cookers and other electrical equipments ran out of work. Mobile phones shuted down. Television sets sat silently in the corners of the houses and merely became a decoration in the house.



Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN) supplied solar lighting equipments before the electric supply works began.

→ A solar lamp which was supplied by RSPN

But many of the solar batteries refused to provide enough current to lit up the lamp. Therefore, the ultimate option left is to use kerosene lamps and candles.

→ A kerosene lamp

Such kerosene lamps were thought to be useless after solar lighting systems and electric lighting systems were installed. But the disruption in the power supply restored its work for a while.


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