Using rooftop solar panel installations, the local civic administration announced that Indore would become a "solar city" with the goal of producing 300 MW of power over the following three years.
The development of Indore as a "solar city" was declared by the local civic government on Wednesday, with the goal of generating 300 MW of power through the installation of rooftop solar panels over the following three years.
This initiative was disclosed by the mayor, Pushyamitra Bhargava, at a workshop on making Indore a solar city.
"To achieve this goal (of transforming Indore into a solar city), the rules and regulations for sanctioning buildings will be changed and citizens will be given subsidies under government schemes for setting up solar power plants," he said.
In the first phase, solar power plants will be installed on the roofs of government buildings, he added.
At present, solar power plants installed on buildings in the city generate around 40 MW of electricity every year, which is targeted to be increased to 300 MW in the next three years, an official of the Indore Municipal Corporation said.
He said that as per the rough estimates, the total roof area of buildings in the city is 125 lakh square metres and 20 per cent of it can be used for the installation of solar power plants.