The New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (NEDA), a government nodal body that is primarily responsible for showcasing and promoting renewable power in Uttar Pradesh, does not practise what it preaches.
It meets the entire 125 kilowatt (KW) electricity load of its multi-storey headquarters in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, from conventional power drawn from the national grid. This is the situation though NEDA has been conducting campaigns for years, asking people to install subsidised rooftop panels to produce electricity from sunlight. Officials make policies for the use of solar power by others at this building.
“To take up demonstration programmes in the field of non-conventional energy in order to generate awareness and popularise the use of non-conventional energy systems among the people,” is among its primary objectives that NEDA boldly mentions on its website.
