Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 20: Minister of State for Technical Education (Independent charge), Power, Information and Rural Development Department, Vikar Rasool Wani inaugurated 66.24 KW capacity Solar Power Plant constructed at a cost of Rs. 1.62 crore at Women’s Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Pampore here today.
On the occasion, Mr. Vikar said that plant is first of its kind in Valley which is funded by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy under Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission Scheme and constructed by Tata Power Solar Systems Bangalore. He said that Solar Power Plants will be installed in 18 more ITIs across the State at a cost of Rs 32.20 crore, which could provide 24 hours power supply to these technical institutions.
The Minister said that Government is committed to make maximum use of this technology and various public institutions are being provided this facility. He said that the Solar Power Technology will go long way in overcoming power crisis in the State.
Referring to the steps taken by Government for popularising skill development and also for inculcating scientific temperament among students, the Minister said that the Government left no stone unturned in extending technical education facilities to both boys and girls by opening up of a chain of polytechnics and ITIs in all the three regions of the State.
He said that Central Govt as well as State Govt are jointly working hard to make new generation technically sound so that they will not go behind Government jobs only instead they will setup their own income generating units with financial and technical support of State Govt.
The Minister was accompanied by Director Technical Education, Kashmir, Jaipal Singh, Principal Women’ s ITI Pampore, Mohsin Ali Khan, representative Tata Power Solar System, Javed Ahmad and other concerned officers.
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