Bhubaneswar, April 06: Targeting to provide electricity to about 3,000 villages in remote areas by using solar power, Orissa government today said it would spend Rs 200 crore for the project.
The target was to be met within the next three years and tribal villages in remote and Naxal-hit districts would be given priority, an official said after attending a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
The villages left out from the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutkaran Yojana (RGGVY) and Biju Gram Jyoti Yojana (BGJY) would be covered under the solar power project, the official said.
At the meeting, Patnaik asked the officials to look for alternative source of energy in the wake of the scarcity of power in the state.
–Agencies