Odisha Installs Solar Energy Panels in Govt. Schools

Odisha Chief Secretary SC Mohapatra inaugurated a solar based energy system in a government-run high school at Narayanpatna in Ganjam district. The Narayanpatna high school in Kankia panchayat is one among 535 government-run high schools in the district that has been taken up
by Ganjam district administration to install the solar energy facility
with an investment of ₹9 crore.

In the first phase, the solar panels would be installed in the transformed high schools under the 5T initiatives, where the infrastructure facilities have already been completed, sources said. As many as 366 high schools have already been developed under the 5T initiative.

“The work of installation of solar panels is going on in full swing. Thirty high schools have already been covered in solar energy so far and the rest will be completed in the next three months” said Vijay Amruta Kulange, Collector Ganjam. The expenditure for the project will be met through
the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds of different companies
and contribution of Mo Schools, he said.