CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh administration has once again extended the deadline for three months for the installation of solar plants.
This is the third extension given by the UT administration.
The Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology Promotion Society (Crest), the nodal agency for installation of solar plants in Chandigarh, had recently proposed to extend the deadline to install solar plants by three months. Thereafter, a notification was issued by UT chief administrator Ajoy Kumar Sinha.
The administration, in a notification issued on May 18, 2016, had made installation of rooftop solar power plants mandatory in residential houses measuring 500 square yards and above and group housing societies. There are around 10,000 such houses in different parts of the city, including sectors 8 (417 houses), 11 (493 houses), 33 (643 houses), 35 (419 houses) and 36 (417 houses).
Till date, only 29% of houses have installed solar plants.
This is the third extension given by the UT administration.
The Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology Promotion Society (Crest), the nodal agency for installation of solar plants in Chandigarh, had recently proposed to extend the deadline to install solar plants by three months. Thereafter, a notification was issued by UT chief administrator Ajoy Kumar Sinha.
The administration, in a notification issued on May 18, 2016, had made installation of rooftop solar power plants mandatory in residential houses measuring 500 square yards and above and group housing societies. There are around 10,000 such houses in different parts of the city, including sectors 8 (417 houses), 11 (493 houses), 33 (643 houses), 35 (419 houses) and 36 (417 houses).
Till date, only 29% of houses have installed solar plants.
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