The Municipal Corporation (MC) is looking at proposals to tap renewable sources of energy in the city. This comes in the wake of the suggestions by UT Administrator General (retd) S F Rodrigues to look into alternative sources of energy keeping in mind the impending energy crisis.
Demonstration of equipment run by solar energy including solar lights and heaters will be held in the coming days. Already, the civic body has installed solar streetlights in different sectors and some government buildings, like UT Guest House and Raj Bhawan. There are proposals to take this a step further and install solar-powered streetlights in parks as well as V-6 roads.
The civic body will also be providing solar-powered lights at the trafficlight points and solar-based blinkers at various rotaries. The proposals will be discussed during the meeting of the Finance and Contract Committee of the MC. Delhi-based Renewable Energy Development Agency will be acting as a nodal agency in the projects. A meeting of the representatives with Municipal Commissioner Dr Roshan Sunkaria was held yesterday.
Dr Sunkaria said: "The MC is taking steps for developing projects which involve tapping the potential of renewable sources of energy. "
A core group of officers from the Administration had also been asked to look at the long-term solutions.
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