By Xinhua
Kathmandu : Although villages of Parbat district, some 170 km west of Kathmandu lacks electricity, locals can now receive news flashes through Internet.
Locals, who were habituated to reading seven-day-old "stale" newspapers until recently, are now up-to-date with online news every hour because of the web connection made possible through solar energy, reported the website ekantipur.com Wednesday.
Mahabir Pun, 55, a Ph.D. from the US, recently opened a cyber cafe using solar panels to access the e-world in the village, allowing villagers to view online news on his laptop.
Besides providing news updates to the locals, tourists passing their way to Annapurnna trekking route also benefit from the services.
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