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Providing clean electricity state's top priority: MP CM
The Statesman
|December 06, 2024
Saying that the renewable energy capacity of Madhya Pradesh has increased 14 times in the last twelve years, Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav today stressed on the need of providing solar energy to farmers, as they consume about 41 per cent of the state's power supply.
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Reviewing the activities of the New and Renewable Energy Department, he asserted that providing affordable and pollution-free electricity to the people of the state is the government's top priority.
He stated that the government is committed to meeting PM Narendra Modi's target of supplying 50 per cent of energy consumption from renewable energy resources by the year 2030.
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