Chandigarh: 2,875 residential units having one kanal area each yet to install rooftop solar panels

At least 2,875 residential units out of a total of 6,000 having one kanal area each are yet to install rooftop solar panels in Chandigarh. The installed rooftop solar panels at 3,125 properties has been generating 24.356MWp solar energy.

The Crest, monitoring agency for solar energy in Chandigarh, recommend changes in the building bylaws making it mandatory for 10 marla (250 sq yard) area houses to install rooftop solar panels. The recommendation was sent to the UT Estate Office.

Sources said that the recommendation was made many months ago.

Meanwhile, rooftop solar panels installed in at least 798 government buildings have generated 26.706MWp. In Chandigarh, installation of the solar panels on the rooftop in the properties, including residential, spread in one kanal is mandatory as per the building bylaws.