Punjab News Post-china visit, sukhbir all for solar energy

Lily

B.R
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Chandigarh April 26:

The Punjab Government is contemplating a proposal to utilise the rooftops of all government buildings to install photo-voltaic solar panels.

During his visit to science and education town Changzhou in China, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was shown a 1.09 mw solar power plant installed at Changzhou University that entirely met the requirement of the university township.

Impressed by the concept, Sukhbir asked the Secretary, Science and Technology, Viswajeet Khanna, to explore the possibility of using the rooftops of government buildings to tap solar energy. Thereafter, the experiment could be replicated in private, industrial and commercial buildings. Punjab has already issued instructions making solar water heating systems in all government buildings mandatory.

Summing up the tour to China the Punjab Deputy Chief Minister said that this tour was a leap forward towards our aim to tap 10 percent of the total generated power from the non-conventional energy sector. The Deputy Chief Minister was accompanied by Member of Parliament Harsimrat Kaur Badal among others.

Cong legislator questions trip: Kila Raipur MLA Jassi Khangura on Monday asked the Deputy CM to explain how much his trips abroad had cost the exchequer and which of the trips were funded. Khangura said: "Sukhbir is incessantly insulting the intelligence of the aam aadmi in Punjab by labelling his frequent overseas trips as official when in reality these are little more than personal shopping trips.” Dr JS Dhillon, an expe
 
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