Summary:
The Mambalam police station is the first police station in Chennai to tap solar power to meet its energy needs. A month and half ago, unwanted electrical cables and broken asbestos sheets occupied the terrace of the two-storey Mambalam police station, located near the bus terminus in T.
Nagar. “As it is centrally located, the Mambalam police station was shortlisted for the solar energy project. More importantly, unlike many other police stations, the Mambalam police station functions from its own building,” says a police officer attached to the station. Maintained by the Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation (TNPHC), the solar power unit at the police station can generate 900 units, which can meet around 15 percent of the total power consumption of the station every two months..