PM Modi to declare Gujarat’s ‘Modhera’ as India’s First Solar-Powered Village on 9 October

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will declare Gujarat’s village Modhera as India’s first solar-powered village on October 9, 2022. The village is supplied electricity during the daytime through  the rooftop solar panels installed in the village and during night the  Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)  provides power supply to the houses.

In  2019 the Central government and the state government started the  joint project to power the Modhera village in Mehsana district with solar power.

The Gujarat government had allotted 12 hectares of land for development of this project and an amount of Rs 80.66 crore was spent on a 50:50 basis by Centre and state government in two phases,

More than 1,300 1 kW rooftop solar systems have been installed on houses which generate electricity. And electricity is supplied free of cost to the villagers .

The Prime Minister will also inaugurate a  solar-powered 3-D projection facility for the  Modhera’s Sun Temple.The solar-powered 3-D projection will educate visitors about the history of Modhera. 

Gujarat Chief Minister : Bhupendra Patel