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West Bengal Power Minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay lauded the efforts of the mosque and said that this would set an example for other institutions. more-inWest Bengal may figure at the bottom among bigger States as far as generation of solar power is concerned, but a 176-year-old mosque in south Kolkata is showing the way. Saquid Anwar, the imam of the mosque, who ensures that the panels work properly, said that soon the mosque will have air-conditioning. “So far in West Bengal we have generated only 52 MW of solar power. Over the past few years, when the power bills of the Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque in Tollygunge area of the city began to sky-rocket, the trustee of the mosque desperately looked for ways to cut costs..