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Coimbatore to cut down power expenses with solar power COIMBATORE, Tamil Nadu: The Coimbatore Corporation has approved the installation of a 25 MegaWatt solar power generation unit at the Vellalore compost yard at a cost of ₹ 150 crore. The corporation is currently spending around ₹ 10 crore per month for street light electricity in the 100 wards. This substantial financial burden has led the corporation to consider adopting solar power as a means to cut down on power tariff expenses. The Kavundampalayam area currently has a five MegaWatt (MW) solar power generation unit in operation. The next phase for the civic body involves installing an additional unit at the Vellalore compost yard with a capacity to generate 25 MegaWatt of power. M. Sivaguru Prabhakaran, Commissioner, Coimbatore Corporation, stated that the electricity generated at the Vellalore compost yard would be sent to Podanur sub-station and the cost would be adjusted in the bills that the corporation would get to power its street lights. A Detailed Project Report (DPR) was getting ready and would be sent to the State government. Prabhakaran further added that a project would also be executed to generate power from the 600 metric tonnes of garbage at the dump yard. In addition, a DPR was ready to upgrade the dump yard for fixing the latest machinery costing ₹245 crore. Once the project is implemented, the residents of Vellalore could heave a sigh of relief from the nauseating smell and the frequent fire accidents causing smoke at the dump yard could be averted.

Coimbatore to cut down power expenses with solar power

COIMBATORE, Tamil Nadu: The Coimbatore Corporation has approved the installation of a 25 MegaWatt solar…

Corporation starts compartmentalising garbage at Vellalore dump yard

Compartmentalising garbage as precautionary measures against future fire

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation officials has begun the work of compartmentalising the heap of garbage…