KWA looks for budget push for its solar project
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Water Authority is hoping for a favourable allocation from the state budget to launch its ambitious plans for reducing power burden through solar energy. The Authority’s financial crunch has stifled its plans of converting 36 acres of vacant land at Moongilmada in Palakkad into a solar field to generate at least 5 MW of power.
“KWA has undertaken the land clearing works at Moongilmada to install solar plant. But it requires `5 crore to generate 1 MW of power,” said a source. According to him, the solar project would have to wait till a budget allocation is made. KWA is facing a financial crunch and is running short of `30 crore a month in terms of revenue gap.
