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Solar installations up 85% in Gujarat

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Gujarat, the state that led the way in solar power adoption in India, has secured the third position in terms of cumulative large-scalesolar installationsin the country.

Notably, Gujarat experienced an

impressive 85% increase in such installations during the first quarter of 2023, while solar installations across India declined by 30% during the same period, according to the India Solar Market Update 2023 report by Mercom India.

Between January and March 2023, Gujarat witnessed 261 megawatts (MW) of solar installations, compared to 141MW in the previous quarter. Since Q1 2022, Gujarat has consistently ranked as the third-highest state for large-scale solar capacity addition, with an impressive quarter-over-quarter increase of nearly 85% in Q1 2023.

Furthermore, experts credit Gujarat’s rise in installation rates to its favourable policies and aggressive push for RENEWABLE ENERGY adoption.

Pan-India solar installations declined due to commissioning deadlines for several large-scale projects being postponed to the following year. Out of the total 1.9GW of solar installations in India during the January to March 2023 quarter, Gujarat accounted for 19% of new installations, trailing behind Karnataka (21%) andRajasthan(42%).

Raj approves five major water projects for JJM connections

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Considering the groundwater conditions in the state, theRajasthanGovernment has given an approval of Rs 22.854 crore to implement five majorsurface water projects.

These projects would help to give tap water connections to 15 lakhs households in 5,739 villages under the Union governments JalJeevanMission (JJM).

For all these years, the villagers of these 5,739 villages used to rely on groundwater based tubewells, wells or handpumps.
These projects include Rs 7934 crore Sikar-Jhunjhunu project. Around 1,133 villages of these two districts would get supply from theIndira GandhiCanal Project under this project.

Then, there is the Chambal-Alwar-Bharatpur project. Under this project, 1,572 villages of Alwar and Bharatpur districts would be connected with the Chambal River one of the major water sources of the state.

Rs 5L cr spent in 9 years to ensure development of NE: MinisterUnion Minister of Development of North Eastern Region, Culture and Tourism G. Kishan Reddy said that in the last nine years, over Rs 5 lakh crore has been spent to ensure the development in the northeastern region, comprising eight states. He said that several mega connectivity projects such as 17 new airports, ongoing road projects worth Rs 1.05 lakh, and ongoing rail projects worth Rs 77,930 crore are being executed.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Every sector is being expedited in the northeast to open up numerous opportunities of Growth for the people.

The Central minister said that ASSAM RIFLES has an unparalleled heritage of gallantry since 1835 and holds a distinction of having been bestowed the most number of gallantry Awards.

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According to the study, parts of the State are yet to achieve the recommended daily drinking water target of 40 liter per capita per day (LPCD). While about 17 districts in the State have issues with saline groundwater, in many districts, the concentration of fluoride, nitrate, iron and chromium (hexavalent) are found to be above the permissible limits. Besides, there is huge wastage of water in the domestic sector. Due to a lack of adequate and metering, around 54% of unaccounted water losses were observed within the system.

The availability of water by the year 2051 was assessed, and the result shows that the surface water availability from its own drainage boundary remains more or less fixed but the inflow of surface water from neighbouring States will be reduced from 37.556 billion cubic metres (BCM) to 25.272 BCM.

The study indicated that by the year 2051 the total water requirement may go

up to 85 BCM from the present requirement of 55 BCM, and the State may face a severe water scarcity situation in 2051.

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