Pathak: UP moving towards non-conventional energy

The Yogi Adityanath government plans to replace conventional energy by non-conventional energy as the state will generate 10,700 megawatt of solar electricity by 2020.

Minister for Non-conventional Energy Brajesh Pathak said the government was promoting rooftop solar system besides switching government offices to solar power supply-mode.

During the second groundbreaking ceremony in Kanpur to be presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 8, foundation stones of projects worth over Rs 9,300 crore of alternative energy would also be laid, the minister said.

The government is providing free solar kits under the Saubhagya scheme in those areas where electricity cannot be supplied through conventional method. The beneficiaries of this scheme would get almost free electricity for five year, the minister said.