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About 300 homes in four hamlets of Nalgonda district in Telangana are getting 24-hour power supply to meet their domestic needs, thanks to solar power. The Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Verizon Data Services India, Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Ltd and Rural Electrification Corporation have joined hands to install a 125 watt solar panel in the hamlets of Ramunigandla, Kesya, Jogi and Mantriya Thanda of Devarakonda mandal in the backward Nalgonda district. The IIT has developed the technology which does not require an inverter and can power a fan, a tubelight, two bulbs, a mobile charger, a power socket and a remote controller to operate the fan and tubelight. The performance of the installed systems are being monitored remotely, with data being collected via mobile phones and synchronised to a central server.