The State Government was planning to generate extra solar power energy by installing equipment at the roof of houses under PPP model. The Principal Secretary of Energy department SP Mohanti stated this while holding a meeting of various departmental officers at the Collectorate Assembly hall.
In the meeting Divisional Commissioner KK Khare, District Collector P Narhari, Additional Managing Director of MP Energy Development Corporation, Tarun Kumar Pithore and Sufia Faruqi were present. Mohanti said that in Gujarat these solar energy panels had been installed in public and Government buildings in Gandhi Nagar where alternative energy was being generated on large scale.
He informed that the State Government too had taken a decision to install roof top solar panel and added that the priority would be given to private houses. In Gandhi Nagar solar panels have been installed on the roof of the house for which Rs 3 per unit is being paid. The rate of unit produce through the solar panels would be decided according to present circumstances.
Khare said that the administration would give all possible help in installing roof top solar panels on Government and private buildings and added that Gwalior city had been included in solar city project apart from Gwalior, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Indore and Ujjain have been included in the project. Under the project 5000 street lights of the cities would be change into lED. The MP is marching a head fast in producing solar energy as an alternative energy. Mohanti informed the meeting that Gujarat and Rajasthan are included in the forward states. In energy production it is accepted that by June 2014 Rajasthan and by 2015 would be left behind by the MP.