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After Moving 250 MW From Telangana To AP, Piyush Goyal Says AP Can Be Solar Hub!

Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal said that Andhra Pradesh could emerge as a hub in solar power generation in the near future with the ‘pro-active approach’ of the state government.

“I think, on solar power generation in your state, some fresh thinking and new ideas have been brought to the table today. I am fairly confident and very soon in the days to come, Andhra Pradesh will become a solar hub. 

“I am confident that with the pro-active approach that I have found with Chandrababu garu (Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu) over the last few months, I am quite sure that in very near future, I can see Andhra Pradesh becoming a power-surplus state,” Goyal told reporters here after emerging from a meeting he had with Naidu.

What the honorable minister didn’t say is the generous hand Centre is giving to AP at the cost of Telangana in solar sphere. Prior to the Telangana formation day on July 2, National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) had proposed to set up 400 MW Solar Power project in erstwhile composite AP, out of which 250 MW was sanctioned to Telangana and 150 MW to AP locations. All clearances were given to NHPC to set up the solar power project in Telangana region. However, after bifurcation of state of AP, the TDP-BJP partners moved the entire NHPC capacity projects from Telangana state to AP state. Neither the Centre nor NHPC mentioned any reasons for the change while at a single shot reducing 250 MW from Telangana quota. This bias has been repeatedly questioned by Telangana Electricity Employees JAC.

AP will be surely a solar hub, if Centre moves projects from neighboring states to AP!

One comment

  1. Hmm, “AP will be surely a solar hub, if Centre moves projects from neighboring states to AP!” Quite true…

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