NEW DELHI: The North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday decided to implement solar plants in over 200 civic body-run schools. The decision was passed by the Standing Committee of the North MCD and its Chairman Jai Prakash told The Morning Standard, the idea is to implement the Centre’s scheme of generating energy in every government-run school.“If schools can generate their own electricity and we will be able to save around Rs 20-25 lakh per month on the electricity bill,” he said.
The Centre has allotted Rs 7 crore for the project and the civic body won’t have to spend its funds, claimed Jai Prakash.“The extra power which will be generated from the solar panels will be sold to power grids for Rs 5.50 per unit. This will be an additional source of income for the civic body. Also, the roofs of the schools which are otherwise lying empty will be utilised,” he added.
