AHMEDABAD: The largest solar park in the country which is coming up at the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR), located some 110 km from Ahmedabad, has received its final set of approvals from the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, on Thursday. This was confirmed by the Dholera Industrial City Development Corporation Ltd. (DICC).
The ambitious 5,000 mega watt solar park project was recently announced by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, earlier this month. “We received approval from the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for the solar park. With this, the tender for the first phase of the solar park will be out in June itself. For the next phase, it will be undertaken in subsequent months,” said Jai Prakash Shivhare, managing director, DICC.
Earlier this month, the state government gave its in-principal approval to the project, some 11,000 hectares of land along the Gulf of Khambhat. In fact, the government has projected that the park will attract an investment of Rs 25,000 crore and generate employment for close to 20,000 people.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes
