New scheme on Rajiv Urja Diwas
Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, on Wednesday announced launching of a new scheme known as "Shiksha Deep" in the State.
Speaking at the celebrations of Rajiv Gandhi Akshya Urja Diwas at Panchkula near here, Mr. Hooda said that under this scheme, LED solar lanterns would be provided to those girl students of each school in every village who would rank first in their respective classes of 5, 8, 10 and 12. During this year, the innovative scheme would benefit 19,000 girls and cost Rs 3 crore.
The Chief Minister urged the Union Minister for Renewable Energy, Vilas Muttemwar, to introduce a chapter on renewable energy in the syllabus of classes 6 to 8 to make children aware of the significance of renewable energy at an early age. He also requested that a city of Haryana be included in the list of Solar Cities in the country.
Mr. Hooda said that 30 MoUs have been signed with 10 Independent Power Producers (IPPs) for generation of 697.8 MW of power with an investment of Rs. 3278 crores from 30 projects based on biomass, small hydro and wind energy. The projects are under implementation and likely to be commissioned by mid-2009.
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