Shimla, April 27 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday inaugurated a 500-KW solar power project in the Dharech gram panchayat in the Kasumpti Assembly constituency in Shimla district. He said that this was one of the significant steps of the government towards sustainable development.Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that with this achievement, Dharech has become Himachal Pradesh’s first ‘green panchayat’.Constructed at an approximate cost …
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Shimla, Dec 22 (IANS) Aiming to make the state self-reliant in the energy sector, the Himachal Pradesh government has set a target to meet more than 90 per cent of its energy requirement through renewable energy sources and to transform it into a Green Energy State by March 2026, said Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu here on Monday. At present, the annual energy consumption of the state is nearly 13,000 million units.He said the state has witnessed a massive shift towards harnessing solar e…