Sh. Dharam Pal, Adviser to the Administrator chaired a meeting of Standing Finance Committee in the presence of Sh. Debendra Dalai, Chief Conservator of Forests, Dr. Vijay Namdeorao Zade, Finance Secretary, Sh. CB Ojha, Chief Engineer.
The Standing Finance Committee approved two major proposals of CREST for a cumulative capacity of 2.8 MWp.
Out of this one project is for installation of 2 MWp Floating Power Plant at Raw water tanks of Water Works Sec 39, Chandigarh which will generate 28 Million Units of electricity. This project will also help in reduction in evaporation of upto 382 Million litres of water annually and will also generate more power than other Solar Projects due to cooling effect of water.
Other project of 800kWp SPV Power Plant will be installed at Sector 42 Lake Parking, which will also serve the people of Chandigarh with Dual functionality by providing shelter to the vehicles and also by generating electricity at the same time. This project was approved under the chairmanship of Dr. Vijay Namdeorao Zade, Finance Secretary.
The Adviser shared that both these projects will save approximately 8 acres of valuable Land of Chandigarh.
