Police Headquarters has become State’s first Government Department to set up 100 kilowatt solar power plant on its premises. Home and Jails Minister Babulal Gaur and New and Renewable Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Rajendra Shukla inaugurated the plant here on Monday. OSD Rishi Shukla, ADG Pawan Jain, other senior police officers/ employees and officers of Energy Department were also present on the occasion.
Gaur said that PHQ is State’s first Government office to set up 100 kilowatt solar power plant on its premise. Due to it, the Department will save considerable amount which was spent on paying electricity bills. Gaur said that police is taking several steps towards modernisation. Madhya Pradesh is also pioneer state to start Dial-100 scheme and now Uttar Pradesh and other states are replicating it. Gaur said that our police also did laudable work by serving people during Simhastha as well.
Energy Minister Rajendra Sharma while complimenting MP Police for this project said that this would give a good message to community. Shukla said that the beautiful and state-of-the-art building of police headquarters has added another feather to its cap by installing solar power plant.
Due to this, electricity bill of PHQ will reduce to one third. Shukla said that since large plots of land are not available for solar plant's installation, they should be installed on the roofs of buildings. The Minister said that the Government is considering giving 80 per cent subsidy to motivate people to install solar power plants. Shukla informed that Asia’s biggest solar power plant is installed at Neemuch and world’s biggest solar power plant will be installed in Rewa.
DGP Surendra Singh said that it was decided to use
sustainable energy to meet power requirements of PHQ. He said that this plant will meet one-third power requirement of PHQ. Stressing use of
sustainable energy sources, Sinh said now such small plants are also available which can be installed on rooftops.
Chairman of Energy Development Corporation Vijendra Singh Sisodiya said that this step of PHQ would create confidence among people regarding solar energy and lead to its automatic branding. PS Energy Manu Shrivastava said that PHQ’s effort is especially commendable in the backdrop of increasing problem of global warming.The State has become pioneer in the country to install maximum number of solar power plants. He informed that a 500 KW solar power plant is going to be installed at Khajuraho in collaboration of Indian Oil.