Submit your application through ChangeX, describing your community hall or Panchayat office, its current electricity situation, and the community group that will serve as steward. A letter of support from an elected ward member or Panchayat head strengthens the application considerably. Nirmaan reviews applications and prioritises sites with strong community governance structures already in place. Once accepted, you'll receive your grant confirmation and a Nirmaan field officer will contact you to schedule a site visit.

A Nirmaan engineer visits your hall to assess the rooftop, electrical load, and specific needs — whether the priority is lighting and fans for large meetings, CCTV for security, or a PA system for public events. They design a 5 kW system tailored to your hall's load profile and present the design to the ward committee or Panchayat for sign-off. This collaborative design step ensures that the system genuinely serves the community's priorities rather than a generic specification, building local ownership of the project from day one.

Nirmaan's certified installation team fits the rooftop panels, inverter, and wiring to the hall's electrical board. For a 5 kW on-grid system, installation typically takes one to two days. The team commissions all circuits, confirms that lighting, fans, PA, projector, and CCTV feeds are live on solar, and hands over a full documentation pack including the warranty certificate, system schematic, and technical support contacts. The ward member or Panchayat head witnesses commissioning and receives the handover as the accountable steward.

Ward members and SHG groups receive a short training session covering weekly panel cleaning, monthly generation log entries, and fault reporting. Critically, this training frames stewardship as a governance responsibility — just as elected representatives account for public funds, they now account for the solar system that serves their constituents. Monthly generation data is included on the agenda of regular ward or Panchayat meetings, making energy reporting a normal part of civic life rather than an added burden. Nirmaan provides ongoing support and quarterly field visits.

Submit monthly generation and savings data to Nirmaan and ChangeX. A 5 kW community hall system typically saves ₹3,000–5,000 per month in electricity costs — money that stays in the community budget. Share these results at ward meetings, on notice boards, and with neighbouring Panchayats. Your hall becomes a visible demonstration of what community-owned clean energy looks like in practice. As the results accumulate, use them to advocate for solar at other public buildings in your block — libraries, health sub-centres, and rural markets — building a solar-powered civic infrastructure one building at a time.