Telangana’s solar plans

1. Installation of solar power plants on government buildings and the implementation of the Indira Solar Girijana Vikasam scheme in ROFR lands
2. All Collectorates in State to go solar
3. Solar pump sets to be distributed to people who received TOFR land
4. Government schools, junior colleges, degree colleges, and higher education institution buildings to install solar equipment

Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka announced that, under the guidance of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, the State government has made a strategic decision to significantly increase solar power production. Solar power plants will be set up in all government facilities throughout the state, ranging from Gram Panchayat buildings to the Secretariat, to generate electricity on a large scale, he said. 

The Deputy Chief Minister held a video conference with the district collectors from the Secretariat here on Saturday and reviewed the installation of solar power plants on government buildings and the implementation of the Indira Solar Girijana Vikasam scheme in ROFR lands.

On the occasion, Bhatti Vikramarka instructed that plans of all district collector offices, parking areas, and canteens should be sent to Hyderabad. 

He mentioned that since all collectorates in the state have been built in the same design, the designs required for the installation of solar power plants would be sent from Hyderabad. However, if any Collectorate has better designs, the respective collectors may send them to Hyderabad, Bhatti said. 

A questionnaire related to the details required for setting up solar power plants will be sent to the collectors, and they must fill it in completely and send it to the office of the Principal Secretary for Energy within a week, he said. 

Apart from government buildings, the Deputy Chief Minister directed that solar power plants should also be installed on government schools, junior colleges, degree colleges, and higher education institution buildings, and details of these buildings should be sent.

The collectors were also instructed to send details of the large vacant lands available under the jurisdiction of the Irrigation department and the Roads & Buildings department.

The Deputy Chief Minister explained to the collectors that under the ROFR Act, 6.70 lakh acres of land were distributed by the then Congress government in agency areas, and that, under the Nallamala declaration, the government plans to provide free solar pump sets in these lands through the Indira Solar Girijana Vikasam scheme. As part of the Nallamala Declaration, the programme has already started in Achampet constituency, and the state government is planning to launch it in certain areas of Adilabad district this month, Bhatti said. 

He further stated that the state government is treating the Indira Solar Girijana Vikasam scheme as a prestigious project. The Deputy Chief Minister urged the collectors to send the required details within a week without showing any negligence. In case of any doubts, they were advised to contact the Principal Secretary for Energy, the CMDs of SPDCL and NPDCL, or the VC&MD of REDCO.