The general body of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) gave its permission to draft a detailed project report (DPR) for Pune’s solar city project. The DPR will highlight how to promote solar energy and how to reduce the electricity usage of streetlights and other public lighting systems. The central government will give funds for the DPR.
Municipal commissioner Mahesh Pathak said, the project, an initiative of the central government, aims at reducing the use of electricity and reducing the carbon footprint. the three main sources of carbon production in the environment were transportation, water treatment plants and electricity. The project aims at reducing this carbon production. The project will also concentrate on promoting renewable energy sources such as solar energy with the aim to reduce usage of electricity by at least 10 per cent.
Source: Times of India, 22 August 2012, Internet edition.
