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Govt fails to provide solar power to Hospitals, Educational Institutions, shrines 9/27/2016 10:54:31 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 27: Despite government claims that serious efforts are being made to harness Renewable Energy, the state government has failed to install solar generators at all the hospitals, educational institutions and shrines in the state. The J&K Energy Development Agency, a unit of Department of Science and Technology (JKEDA) which is the nodal agency for the project started the process of harnessing solar power in the state in 2014 to cope up the ever increasing power crisis. Under this program, many important institution including hospitals, sub district hospitals and community health centers had been already covered. Sources said the department has failed in installing solar power facilities in hospitals. Regarding educational institutes, he said the tendering for the installation of solar facility in colleges and universities is yet to be completed. Sources said under the program all the major shrines of the division were also to be covered in the year 2015 to ensure hassle free electrify round the clock but due to the non seriousness of the people at helm the program has miserably failed to kick start. It was believed that flawed power sharing between J&K and the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has been mostly responsible for the dismal power situation in the state due to which the focus was shifted towards harnessing solar power. The government was keen to harness new and renewable energy potential in the state and use it as an instrument to improve the socio-economic condition of people but around 15 lakh people in the state are still craving for electricity. According to reports, under this programme the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) provided 90 percent subsidy for installation of solar power plants at these places only 10 percent was to be provided by the host institution. It won't meet the 100 per cent power requirement but it will ensure continued 24-hours power supply without any power disruption. As the funding for this programme was from Centre and was believed to be completed on fast track basis. It is worth to mention that the Central government was also mulling to establish four giant solar power plants each with 1,000 MW capacity in Jammu or Kashmir region, Gujarat, Ladakh and Rajasthan. India launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in 2010 and set an ambitious target of installing 10,000MW of solar power by 2017 and 20,000MW by 2022.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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