Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao informed the Telangana Legislative Assembly that a Solar Park with a generation capacity of 1,000 MW was being established in the Mahabubnagar district.
Replying to a question raised by MLA Ch Laxma Reddy and others during the Question Hour, the minister said that the government had identified 5,481.86 acres of land in the Gattu mandal of the Mahabubnagar district for the Solar Park.
The Government was in the process of finalising the Master Plan with the assistance of the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), New Delhi, he said.
Rao stated that the government would develop the required infrastructure in this Park, and that the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) would provide Central financial assistance of Rs 20 lakhs per Mega Watt for the creation of the infrastructure in the Solar Park.
Answering supplementary questions asked by MLAs D K Aruna, Y Anjaiah, G Balaraju and A Venkat Reddy, the minister said that steps were being taken to promote solar pumpsets in the State.
He said that the Central Government had agreed to provide subsidy on 1,500 solar pumpsets, and that Telangana Agriculture Minister Pocharam Srinivas Reddy had written a letter to the Centre seeking subsidy on 20,000 pumpsets.
He said that the State Government would provide a Rs 1 lakh subsidy on all the solar pumpsets. (INN)
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