Amid growing emphasis on adopting alternative and environmental-friendly means to meet energy demands, the first solar power unit of Uttar Pradesh has started functioning on the outskirts of the city.
Situated at Naini, about 25 km from Allahabad, the 5 MW solar power plant, developed by the Kolkata-based EMC Ltd, as part of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy's Jawharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, became operational on March 4.
“It took us nearly one year to complete the project which involved a budget of Rs 80 crore. The cost-effectiveness of this project can also be gauged from the fact that its maintenance would involve an yearly expenditure of not more than Rs 70 lakh”, Mr Pankaj Kumar Chhonkar, Project Manager of EMC, told PTI.