The government is undertaking the new programme called Development of Solar Cities with intention of reducing conventional energy demand by 10% in five years.
Totally 60 cities with population between 5 million to 50 million would be provided assistance during the eleventh plan period. Approval for 15 cities including Gurgaon has already been accorded by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in principle, a ministry spokesman said.
The approval for Faridabad, in principle, would also be given soon, the spokesman said.
The programme intends to enable/empower urban local governments to adopt energy efficiency measures and ensure greater use of renewable energy so as to reduce the projected demand for conventional energy by a minimum of 10% by the end of five years.
