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Gujarat first state to adopt solar power policy: PM Narendra Modi

Updated on: 25 October,2020 06:08 AM IST  |  New Delhi
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speaking on the occasion, Modi said, "After Sujlam Suflam and Sauni scheme, this Suryodaya scheme will benefit farmers. It will give maximum benefit to farmers."

Gujarat first state to adopt solar power policy: PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, virtually inaugurates development works that will benefit Gujarat. Pic/PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated three projects in Gujarat, including the Kisan Sarvodaya Scheme, under which the farmers will get electricity during the day for irrigation purpose.


Besides Kisan Suryoday Scheme, Modi also inaugurated the Paediatric Heart Hospital attached with UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology & Research Centre & Mobile App for telecardiology at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital and the Ropeway at Girnar via video conferencing.


Speaking on the occasion, Modi said, "After Sujlam Suflam and Sauni scheme, this Suryodaya scheme will benefit farmers. It will give maximum benefit to farmers."


He said, the works in the power sector will work wonders for farmers of Gujarat in the coming years. He also highlighted that Gujarat was the first state in the country that brought policies for solar power usage. "When the Patan solar power plant was set up in Gujarat, no one had imagined that India will show the world the mantra of one sun-one world-one grid," he said.

"Today, India is among of the top countries in the production of solar power generation. It has reached the fifth spot and is moving forward at a rapid pace," Modi said. Highlighting the benefits of Kisan Suryodaya Scheme, the Prime Minister said, "Farmers will get power from morning till 9 pm, and they will get three phase electricity."

He also said that the Gujarat government will lay 3,500 km new circuit lines in the next few years in the state. The recently completed ropeway on Mount Girnar near Junagadh city of Saurashtra region covers a distance of 2.13 kilometres from the foot to the peak where the temple of Maa Amba is situated.

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