Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 25 2009:
The service of the Toronto (Canada) based International Council for Local Environmental Initiative (ICLEI) has been roped in for preparing the master plan of the Solar City Project to be implemented by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in Imphal city.
According to an official source, subsequent to inclusion of Imphal among 11 cities of the country out of 60 selected for implementation of the Solar City Project in the first phase, the service of the Toronto based company has been roped in for preparing the mast plan of Imphal city.
The company which also has a branch office at Noida would prepare the master plan within six months, the source added.
For Imphal, the project is to be implemented with the technical support of MANIREDA and executed jointly by MAHUD and Imphal Municipal Council.
The main objective of the project is to curb wastage and conservation of energy.