Bidar, Hospet identified for development as solar cities in Karnataka

The Centre on Tuesday informed Rajya Sabha that Karnataka has identified Bidar and Hospet city for development of solar cities.

Minister for New and Renewable Energy R K Singh said that earlier the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) hd requested each state to select at least one city to be developed as solar city. A concept note on developing solar city was circulated to the states with a request to finalize an action plan for development of the cities as identified as solar cities and implement the plan in a time-bound manner, the Minister said.