The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has inaugurated 100 MW solar power plant in Bhalsawaj in Haridwar district on Friday. While dedicating the plant to the people of the state, CM said that Rs 1000 crores being invested in the solar power project, the project would not just generate electricity but also provide employment to nearly 1500 people.
Speaking on the occasion, TSR said, “The inauguration of the plant is in tune with the Prime Minister’s goal of reaching electricity, water, housing and toilet facilities to each of the households by 2022. We are committed to make India healthy, prosperous by the time the nation would celebrate the 75th year of independence.”
CM stressed on the country having fixed a goal of producing 1 lakh megawatt green energy from solar resources. “Days are coming when a state would generate electricity not just for its own use but for the needs of other states,” he said.
laying stress on the use of science and technology, CM said that there was need to devise ways in producing more with less resources like lands and in generating more employment opportunities for the people. Use of modern science can come as a great help in this value addition, he said.
CM also announced that in the coming one and half years, the hydro power projects operating in the state would generate 150 MW electricity while providing employment to many.
He also directed the district magistrate to give compensation to the farmers whose crops were destroyed in the recent hailstorm.
The MP from Haridwar Ramesha Pokhariyal Nishank said that the installation of solar power project in Bhalsawaj would open new avenues of employment in the area while proving a milestone in the development of the state.
The prject director UREDA A K Tyagi, MlA Mamta Rakesh, DM S A Murugeshan and SSP Krishna Kumar were among those present on the occasion.