Gurgaon, December 02- The Haryana Governor Dr A.R. Kidwai today said that "Solar energy is future of India and we are wasting it". He said that to meet the growing demand of electricity hydro power combined with solar energy would be ideal for India.
Dr Kidwai was addressing the gathering after inaugurating the newly constructed eco-friendly building of Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) in Sector 44 of Gurgaon. The building has been constructed by NGO named SM Sehgal Foundation and it is self sufficient in terms of water and electricity requirements.
Highlighting the benefits of solar energy, the Governor said that the Sun shines in India through out the year but we were not making optimum use of this natural advantage. He said that the government of India has introduced a scheme to set up 50 MW solar generators in different parts of the country. Out of these, solar generators having capacity of about 12 MW would be set up in Haryana on an experimental basis. The Haryana government has given permission to two factories of Gurgaon for generation of electricity 1 MW each by installing roof top Photovoltaic grid. Presently, the solar generated electricity was a bit costlier because the Silicon cells were imported from Germany but the central as well as Haryana government has subsidized the solar equipments to the extant that the user got these at the lowest price. Dr Kidwai was of the view that if the silicon cells were manufactured in India, the prices of these cells would come down. As a result, the expenditure on generation of electricity through solar energy would be lowered and in 10-15 years India hopes to have good fortunes to make optimum use of solar energy.
Emphasizing on the need of water conservation, Dr Kidwai said that the SM Sehgal foundation has provided the scientific technology for construction of eco-friendly building and the builders in Haryana specially the Gurgaon builders who represent the richest group should take advantage of the IRRAD building in designing other eco-friendly buildings. He maintained that it was high time that we gave attention environmental conditions and construct such buildings which are eco-friendly and provide comfort to the people living in it. He said that entire south Haryana has brackish under ground water and technology was needed for desalination of it so that it can be used in agriculture. He emphasized on water management. The Krishi Vigyan Kendras were experimenting by rotation of crops. Referring to efforts of foundation in district Mewat, Dr Kidwai said that development was not done merely by pouring money, on the contrary, development means that the beneficiaries should be fully involved in the developmental activities. He was of the opinion that if the beneficiaries was involved then the result would be far more satisfactory and long lasting. The Governor, on behalf of the state government and Mewat Development Agency, offered the Sehgal foundation to work as partners in taking up development in Mewat and assured of all facilities and cooperation. He thanked the foundation for selecting Mewat district for its programs where the foundation has adopted 17 villages for running programmes of sustainable rural development and poverty reduction.
Earlier, Dr Suri Sehgal Chariman of the Foundation welcomed the Governor and told about the activities of the foundation. Jay Sehgal, Executive Director of the IRRAD told about the eco-friendly building and Anjali Makhija, Director Capacity Building of IRRAD proposed vote of thanks.
A silence of two minutes was observed to pay condolence to the victims of Mumbai terror attacks. Mrs Edda Sehgal from the foundation, Municipal Commissioner Rajeev Sharma, Joint Commissioner of Police Manjit Singh Ahlawat, Deputy Commissioner Deepti Umashankar, DCP east Jagdish Nagar, Retd. IAS MD Asthana, CEO of Mewat Development Agency Attar Singh Ahlawat, SDM North JS Sangwan were also present along with guests from USA.
Dr Kidwai was addressing the gathering after inaugurating the newly constructed eco-friendly building of Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) in Sector 44 of Gurgaon. The building has been constructed by NGO named SM Sehgal Foundation and it is self sufficient in terms of water and electricity requirements.
Highlighting the benefits of solar energy, the Governor said that the Sun shines in India through out the year but we were not making optimum use of this natural advantage. He said that the government of India has introduced a scheme to set up 50 MW solar generators in different parts of the country. Out of these, solar generators having capacity of about 12 MW would be set up in Haryana on an experimental basis. The Haryana government has given permission to two factories of Gurgaon for generation of electricity 1 MW each by installing roof top Photovoltaic grid. Presently, the solar generated electricity was a bit costlier because the Silicon cells were imported from Germany but the central as well as Haryana government has subsidized the solar equipments to the extant that the user got these at the lowest price. Dr Kidwai was of the view that if the silicon cells were manufactured in India, the prices of these cells would come down. As a result, the expenditure on generation of electricity through solar energy would be lowered and in 10-15 years India hopes to have good fortunes to make optimum use of solar energy.
Emphasizing on the need of water conservation, Dr Kidwai said that the SM Sehgal foundation has provided the scientific technology for construction of eco-friendly building and the builders in Haryana specially the Gurgaon builders who represent the richest group should take advantage of the IRRAD building in designing other eco-friendly buildings. He maintained that it was high time that we gave attention environmental conditions and construct such buildings which are eco-friendly and provide comfort to the people living in it. He said that entire south Haryana has brackish under ground water and technology was needed for desalination of it so that it can be used in agriculture. He emphasized on water management. The Krishi Vigyan Kendras were experimenting by rotation of crops. Referring to efforts of foundation in district Mewat, Dr Kidwai said that development was not done merely by pouring money, on the contrary, development means that the beneficiaries should be fully involved in the developmental activities. He was of the opinion that if the beneficiaries was involved then the result would be far more satisfactory and long lasting. The Governor, on behalf of the state government and Mewat Development Agency, offered the Sehgal foundation to work as partners in taking up development in Mewat and assured of all facilities and cooperation. He thanked the foundation for selecting Mewat district for its programs where the foundation has adopted 17 villages for running programmes of sustainable rural development and poverty reduction.
Earlier, Dr Suri Sehgal Chariman of the Foundation welcomed the Governor and told about the activities of the foundation. Jay Sehgal, Executive Director of the IRRAD told about the eco-friendly building and Anjali Makhija, Director Capacity Building of IRRAD proposed vote of thanks.
A silence of two minutes was observed to pay condolence to the victims of Mumbai terror attacks. Mrs Edda Sehgal from the foundation, Municipal Commissioner Rajeev Sharma, Joint Commissioner of Police Manjit Singh Ahlawat, Deputy Commissioner Deepti Umashankar, DCP east Jagdish Nagar, Retd. IAS MD Asthana, CEO of Mewat Development Agency Attar Singh Ahlawat, SDM North JS Sangwan were also present along with guests from USA.
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