Odisha Installs Solar Energy Panels in Govt Schools

Odisha Chief Secretary SC Mohapatra on Thursday 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 Rs 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.Additional chief secretary Anu Garg, secretary to the chief minister and 5T V K Pandian, who accompanied the chief secretary to the high school, reportedly praised the district administration for these innovative steps to make a…

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