Inauguration and ground-breaking ceremony for works worth more than 50 crore rupees in the renewable energy sector
Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai inaugurated solar-powered e-rickshaws and battery swapping station
Raipur, April 6, 2025 // Increased use of renewable energy will lead to a clean, safe future. Electricity is the biggest necessity today, and under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, new goals have been set in the field of renewable energy in the country, and work is progressing rapidly towards achieving them. Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai addressed the program today by inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for various development works worth more than 50 crore rupees in the field of renewable energy at the CREDA office complex in the capital, Raipur. During this, he also inaugurated a solar-powered battery swapping station and an e-rickshaw converted from normal to solar energy.
Addressing the program, Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai greeted everyone on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami. He said that big works have started in the field of renewable energy on this auspicious occasion. Considering the damage being caused to the environment by traditional fuel sources, the use of solar and renewable energy can bring about a big change. He said that many solar energy related schemes are being operated in the state and the common people and farmers of the state are getting a big benefit from its effective implementation. Also, in Naxal-affected areas, the work of providing electricity is being completed through the Niyad Nella Nar scheme, and remote villages are being illuminated by it. He said that the solar-powered e-rickshaw has been inaugurated today, and with this initiative, the operation of e-rickshaws will become economical and the income of e-rickshaw drivers will increase.
Shri Sai said that the government’s goal is that the state should get not half electricity but free electricity, and the government is trying in this direction. He described PM Suryaghar Free Electricity as an ambitious scheme of the central government and said that a provision has also been made in the budget by the state government to give subsidies with the aim of benefiting more and more poor families in the state. The Chief Minister informed about receiving investment proposals worth more than 3 lakh crore rupees in the energy sector and said that this will bring a revolutionary change in the energy sector and we will be able to easily meet the needs of the future.
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Dr. Raman Singh said that the whole world is adopting renewable energy for a clean environment. He said that now the use of fossil fuels will gradually decrease and in the coming times it will be replaced by renewable energy. Dr. Singh gave his best wishes for the inauguration and ground-breaking of works worth more than 50 crore rupees related to renewable energy and described it as a big initiative towards clean energy.
Ground-breaking and inauguration of works worth more than 50 crore rupees related to renewable energy
Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai today inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for works worth more than 50 crore rupees related to renewable energy in the capital Raipur.
The works that were inaugurated include a solar-powered battery swapping station at a cost of 29 lakh rupees in Raipur, converting normal e-rickshaws into solar e-rickshaws, and the establishment of 54 solar high masts, 152 solar dual pumps, and two solar power plants under the Niyad Nellanar scheme.
Similarly, the works for which ground-breaking was done include the establishment of solar-powered battery swapping stations in energy education gardens in Bilaspur, Rajnandgaon and Jagdalpur, making all the energy education gardens of the state net zero, and the renovation of the energy education garden Rajnandgaon.
Also, as per the Chief Minister’s announcement in district Balod, establishment of two solar high masts and one community biogas plant, as per the Chief Minister’s announcement in district Baloda Bazar, establishment of 50 solar high mast plants in tourist places of 23 villages, solarization of sub-health centers in district Korba, establishment of 500 kW capacity on-grid solar power plant in Hirri Dolomite mine district Bilaspur, solarization work of ashrams/hostels in district Korba, 280 kW capacity on-grid and 2.4 kW capacity off-grid solar plant in village Kunjara district Jashpur.