Executives from 20 top-line companies descend on Ladakh for government’s Rs 45,000 crore solar project

NEW DELHI: Executives from 20 top-line solar power gear makers and project developers have descended on Leh — popularly known as the ‘roof of the world’ — to check out the proposed sites for a 7,500 MW (mega watt) solar power project the Centre wants to build in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ladakh region at an investment of Rs 45,000 crore.
Prospective investors included Siemens, ABB, Tata Power Solar, Tata Projects, L&T Construction, BHEL, Adani Transmission, Adani Green Energy, Sterlite, Hero Future Energies, Hero Solar Energy, Mahindra Systems and PowerGrid.