Sun temple at Konark and the Konark town to be solar powered from next financial year

Odisha has taken a very appropriate decision to go in for solar power for its Sun temple and the city where this 13th-century Konarak temple is located. This is likely be in operation from next financial year. Grid Corporation of Odisha (GRIDCO) will undertake the work. It will be under a scheme of MNRE (ministry of new and renewable energy). GRIDCO said - “A power purchase agreement was signed between Gridco and M/S Konark Suryanagari Private Limited for procurement of 10mw solar power toward 100 per cent solarisation of Konark Sun temple and Konark town under MNRE (ministry of new and renewable energy) scheme.” Under the agreement, solar power will be available for 25 years from 2023-24 at a nominal tariff without having any central sector transmission charges and losses. Odisha: Solar power to illuminate Sun temple. Solar power falls in the category of renewable energy and missions to the Moon and Mars depend on power drawn from the Sun. There has to be more such projects to reduce extracting power from fossil fuels.

The government of Odisha has earmarked funds for the development of the area under the Konark Heritage Development Project. Under the project, different types of development work will be taken up. These would include the up-gradation of various aspects of the Sun Temple. The categories would be landscaping, the development of pedestrian areas, apart from parking, and revamping of the open-air theatre. Moreover, in order to prevent the effects of the saline wind on the Sun temple, the state government also plans to plant expand the green cover. They plan to do this by planting a large number of casuarina trees around the temple complex as well as along the coastline. An official added - “A permanent weather monitoring station may be installed at the site to capture the real-time data of salt-laden winds impacting the wind.”

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