Bhopal: A contract was signed today in the presence of Medical Education Minister Vijaylaxmi Sadho and New and Renewable Energy Minister Harsh Yadav for the establishment of solar plants in 8 Medical Colleges including Chhindwara, Indore, Bhopal, Vidisha, Shivpuri, Ratlam, Shahdol and Jabalpur in the state. The Department of New and Renewable Energy has initiated the process of establishing a Rooftop Solar Plant to popularize the project through the RESCO system. In this system, solar plant is established in buildings without capital-based investment to provide cheap power.
Sadho said that in view of the lack of availability of water in the rivers and the high rates of thermal power, the usefulness of solar energy has increased. Therefore, in the medical colleges, initiatives have been taken to get solar energy at a rate of about one fourth less than the current due electricity rate. The project is being implemented in two phases. In the first phase, Sagar, Gwalior and Rewa have been selected. In the second phase, 11 medical colleges have been taken.
Sadho said that the contract has been signed to make power available at the rate of only Rs 1.63 paise by Medical College Management and Tepsol Solar Power Ventures Limited of Hyderabad. In future, other institutions of the Medical Education Department will also be benefited by this.
Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Harsh Yadav congratulated for completing the contractual process simultaneously for such a large number of medical colleges in a short time. Yadav said that Madhya Pradesh is emerging as a model in the field of clean and green energy. He said that in the next 25 years savings of around Rs 300 crore would be possible with the initiative to provide cheap accessible electricity to medical colleges.