To promote use of solar power and make it popular, the State Government on Friday decided to instal solar photovoltaic system on rooftops for electrification of its office buildings.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik asked the Health and Family Welfare Department to instal solar panels on the rooftops in at least 20 Government Hospitals in the first phase .
The electricity produced through the solar photovoltaic panel would be uses for lighting and water heating purposes in the hospitals.
The Chief Minister also asked the Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA) to take steps for installation of the solar panels on the rooftop of offices of at least ten departments including Health and Family Welfare Home.
The other offices which will have solar panels installed are Water Resources, Agriculture, Women and Child Development, SC and ST Development Department, General Administration, School and Mass Education and Higher Education.
The scheme would be implemented under the Centrally-funded Jawaharlal Nehru National Soalr Mission. The OREDA would be the nodal agency for the solar power generation and electrification scheme.
A special budgetary provision would be made for the solar power scheme for individual departments, sources said.