50 cities covered under the development of solar cities programme

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May 4, 2015: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has sanctioned projects for  50 cities under the Development of Solar Cities Programme so far. State-wise details of solar cities are given below:-

Sr. No States/UTs Cities
1 Andhra Pradesh
  1. Vijaywada
2 Assam

 

  1. Guwahati
  1. Jorhat
3 Arunachal Pradesh
  1. Itanagar
4 Chandigarh
  1. Chandigarh
5 Chhattisgarh
  1. Bilaspur
  1. Raipur
6 Gujarat
  1. Rajkot
  1. Gandhinagar
  1. Surat
7 Goa
  1. Panjim City
8 Haryana
  1. Gurgaon
  1. Faridabad
9 Himachal Pradesh
  1. Shimla
  1. Hamirpur
10 Karnataka
  1. Mysore
  2. Hubli-Dharwad
  3. Kochi
12 Maharashtra
  1. Nagpur
  2. Thane
  3. Kalyan-Dombivli
  4. Aurangabad
  5. Nanded
  6. Shirdi
  7. Gwalior
  8. Bhopal
  9. Rewa
14 Manipur
  1. Imphal
15 Mizoram
  1. Aizawl
16 Nagaland
  1. Kohima
  1. Dimapur
17 Delhi
  1. New Delhi (NDMC area)
18 Orissa
  1. Bhubaneswar
19 Punjab
  1. Amritsar
  1. Ludhiana
  1. SAS Nagar (Mohali)
20 Rajasthan
  1. Ajmer
  2. Jodhpur
21 Tamil Nadu
  1. Coimbatore
22 Tripura
  1. Agartala
23 Uttarakhand
  1. Dehradun
 
  1. Haridwar&Rishikesh
 
  1. Chamoli –Gopeshwar
24 Uttar Pradesh
  1. Agra
 
  1. Moradabad
  2. Allahabad
25 West Bengal
  1. Howrah
  2. Madhyamgram
  3. New Town Kolkata
26 Puducherry
  1. Puducherry

 

The Minister further stated that master plans of 44 cities have been prepared, Stake-holder’s Committees have been constituted in all 50 cities.  This was stated by Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy  in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. Solar City Cells have been created in 26 solar cities. Solar PV projects with aggregate capacity of 8.16MW and Solar Water Heating Systems with aggregate capacity of 7895 meter square collector area have been sanctioned to 12 solar cities.

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The Minister further stated that a total amount of Rs 665 million has been sanctioned for master plans, solar city cells, promotional activities and installation of renewable energy projects. Against this an amount of Rs 228.5 crore has been released so far.

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