Authorities plan to install more than 10,000 solar panels along a 6-km stretch of the Najafgarh drain as a pilot project, people aware of the proposal said on Monday, adding that the project, which will be executed jointly by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and BSES, will generate around 5MW of power.
The people said that the plan was first floated by lieutenant governor VK Saxena in April, when he chaired a high-level committee (HLC) on the Yamuna, in order to utilise the space along the drain. Saxena had directed the irrigation and flood control (I&FC) department to explore the possibility of installing solar panels along the drain, which is undergoing both beautification and de-silting. Delhi chief secretary Naresh Kumar had also suggested to the power department that SECI could be involved in identifying suitable solutions.
