Solar roofs for public buildings soon

Kochi | Wednesday | 17th October, 2018

Summary:

more-inA few public buildings in the city would soon start generating power and feeding it to the grid of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB). Cochin Smart Mission Limited (CSML) has entered into a pact with public sector major Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) for installing roof-top solar panels on as many as 30 public buildings within the Kochi Corporation limits. A Kochi One smart card project was launched by Kochi Metro Rail Limited under the Pan City projects. The roof-top space of the government-owned buildings in the city, including colleges, schools and hospitals, will be utilised for the project. Of the ?490-crore allocation of the Central government for the Kochi project, ?196 crore has reached the Mission..