For the country where only 15 per cent of its population have access to electricity, Nepal has come a long way. It took 84 years to achieve power generation of 250 megawatt. And only five years to add a whopping 125 megawatt through microhydels, an increase of 50 per cent. Since 1995, community-based power generation and distribution have ushered in a social revolution. Now Nepal's remotest hills generate their own electricity in their backyard. India, despite its vast hydro potential, chooses to ignore this clean and economically viable option.