IMPHAL April 4, 2017 (DIPR) :Thongam Biswajit Singh, Power Minister who attendedthe two-day State Power Ministers’ Conference at the Convention hall, Ashok Hotel in New Delhi on May 4-5, 2017 said that all un-electrified villages in Manipur would be electrified by December 2018 and all the construction works of transmitters in the State would also be completed by December 2018. Manipur has 85 un-electrified villages out of 4141 un-electrified villages in the country.
The Power Minister Thongam Biswajit Singh along with the Chief Secretary O. Nabakishore Singh attended the two-day conference which reviewed the work done in the sectors of power, coal, renewable energy and mining by State Governments/ Union Territories in last six months. The Conference was chaired by the Union Minister of power Piyush Goyal.
The Power Minister Biswajit Singh said that the conference intended to forge new policies for achieving the goal of providing 24×7 quality and affordable power for all in the stipulated time, upholding Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘New India’.
He said that 70 per cent subsidy is available for Solar Photovoltaic lights (SPV) as per the guidelines of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) with a view to promoting solar energy projects in the state.
He appealed to that public to opt for grid- connected rooftop solar panels/power plant which would be benefited within 70 per cent subsidy and the surplus power would also be sold out.
Th. Biswajit Singh also stated that the Centre agreed to open a Mega Solar Park in Manipur. He said, “Solar Park is a concentrated zone of development of solar power generation projects and provides developers an area that is well characterized with proper infrastructure and access to amenities and where the risk of the projects can be minimized”.
He expressed that the mining resources available in Manipur were not yet explored properly and it was the time to explore it.(DIPR)
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