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INDORE: The railways will now install a mega solar power plant at Indore railway station that would save Rs 7 lakh a year against electricity usage.The station already has a 20kilowatt solar power plant, which helped the railways save five percent of the total electricity consumption at the station. “After Ujjan, Mhow and Ratlam, Indore will become fourth station under Ratlam division to have a mega solar power plant facility,” they said.On an average, Indore railway station authorities have to pay Rs20 lakh per year. Officials with Ratlam division of the Western Railway said that a mega solar system will be installed on the railway property to generate 260kilowatt electricity. They are being used as substitute for electricity usage for administrative work across the station especially during daytime. Chittaurgarh and some other small stations of Ratlam division also have solar plants with less capacity..