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Odisha’s prominent religious spot, Konark Sun temple and the entire Konark town will soon be meeting all its energy requirements from renewable source i.e solar energy. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has been entrusted with the work of complete solarisation work of Konark sun temple, as well as Konark town in the state of Odisha.
The scheme has been launched by the Modi government with an objective to take forward the Prime Minister’s vision to turn the iconic historical Sun temple of Odisha’s Konark town as ‘Surya Nagri’, a press statement from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said.
The solarisation project envisages setting up to 10 MW grid-connected solar project as well as various solar off-grid applications such as solar drinking water kiosks, off grid solar power plants with battery storage, solar trees, etc. This will be done with a 100 per cent central financial assistance (CFA) support of around INR 25 crore from the Indian Government through the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
Through this initiative, the ministry aims to send a message to citizens of synergy between the modern use of solar energy and the ancient Sun Temple in Odisha along with the importance of promoting solar energy. According to the ministry, the project will be implemented by the Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency.
