Hyderabad, December 12, 2024: Media Day Marketing (MDM), a city-based well-known expos organiser inaugurated four expos 4th Edition of the Dairy & Food Expo and 6th Edition of India Green Energy Expo & the 4th Edition of the Green Vehicle Expo. Dairy and Food Expos were inaugurated by Industry and Associations leaders on Thursday. These are open till the 14th and are open from 10 am to 6 pm.
Ponnam Prabhakar, Minister of Transport, Govt of Telangana visited the expo, and inaugurated the other two expos—the 6th Edition of India Green Energy Expo & the 4th Edition of the Green Vehicle Expo.
Speaking on the occasion after the inauguration B Ashok Kumar Goud, President of Telangana Solar Energy Association said The Telangana Solar Power Policy when announced in the year 2015 hogged a lot of limelight and Telangana became a number one state in India. But we couldn’t hold on to that position for long and now we are not even in the top ten states in India. Many states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu are way ahead of us. After 2017 the investors backed out of the state. Now solar is not a happening industry in Telangana he said.
Echoing him was Rajesh Parakala, Vice President of Telangana Solar Energy Association. Rajesh said the central government of India offers several subsidies to promote solar energy under schemes such as PM Surya Ghar; Muft Bijli Yojana; Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM). However, the state of Telangana doesn’t encourage the industry nor offer any such subsidies or incentives to promote the industry.
Both leaders suggested that it is only logical that all government buildings must have solar panels. They should lead by example. Even the PM Surya Ghar (PMSG) scheme mandates the same. Under the PMSG too Government offices in India have received a mandate to ensure 100 per cent solarisation by 2025. They further suggested that Telangana has 30,000 schools and schools must be mandated to go Solar.
All new commercial buildings in future must be mandated to go solar. This seems a gigantic task, at least 20% of its components must be solar friendly, they added.
The PM-KUSUM scheme is not fully implemented in the state. Under this scheme one crore houses to be solarised. And the target for Telangana was five lakh houses. But ten months since the scheme opened not more than 3500 houses have gone solar. We want the government to be solar-friendly. We want the government to encourage and promote the solar industry, Ashok and Rajesh added.
The other dignitaries who graced the inaugural include Mrs Dasari Aruna, President Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) Hyderabad – Telangana State; Shri Adnan Sajid Khan (Gullu Dada fame); Actor Shri Shehbaazkhan and other Government officials along with Automotive & Renewable Association & Industry members.
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