No more power woes to operate pump sets for farmers in Tamil Nadu. The state government plans to supply five high-power photovoltaic pumping systems with a capacity of 4,800 WP to farmers across the state. In the first phase of the project, 2,000 such systems will be installed in drought-hit districts. “In Tamil Nadu, farmers face power outages constantly and this affects their crops a lot. This will be implemented in all the regions in a phased manner,” a senior official from the agriculture engineering division, a wing of the Agriculture Department, said. Though each of these units would cost about Rs 5 lakh, farmers need to pay only Rs 1 lakh, with the balance being covered by the government as subsidy. The solar photovoltaic module (SPV) will be coming with a 25-year warranty and there will be complete maintenance for five years.
No comments:
Post a Comment