Deputy CM inaugurates 3rd solar power plant in Uripok
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Imphal, May 23 2018:
Deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh today inaugurated a roof top solar power plant installed at Basketball Ground cum Community Hall of Youth Club, Uripok Achom Leikai in Imphal.
This is the third rooftop solar power plant with generating capacity of 5 Kilo Watts being installed in Uripok Assembly Constituency.
Speaking at the inaugural function, Deputy Chief Minister said, electricity (power) has been an essential component of our life.
He said, with the increasing population, consumption of power has also increased from time to time.
In such a situation, power generation from alternative sources like solar energy rather than hydro or other mineral resources should be made in large scale.
He said, rooftop solar power plants being installed at different places are an ambitious joint undertaking being taken up by MANIREDA with Manipur State Power Distribution Company Limited (MSPDCL), and it will help to reduce energy consumption from Power Grids.
Joykumar Singh further stated that under the project, 35 sites within Uripok A/C have been identified for the first phase to install such power plants.