Given the country’s geography and topography, we believe that India has vast capacity of tapping non-conventional energy source like solar energy and energy produced from wind. J&K, too, enjoys the advantage of possible good and widespread use of solar energy. The experiment has been successful in Ladakh. In Jammu, the Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah inaugurated 50 KW solar photovoltaic power plant at Hajj House, Rail Head.
It is to be reminded hat the Union Government has launched Jawahar Lal Nehru Solar Mission (JLNSM) in 2010 in the country to tap the solar energy. Under this programme the country has been producing over 13,000 MW solar power so far, and the target is to produce one lakh MW by 2027. Solar energy system has received massive response in the metropolitan and other big cities where people are using it to meet daily household energy needs for heating, cooking, lighting and other purposes.
There is no need for us to remind the Union Minister for Renewable Energy that people in this State are undergoing many hardships owing to inadequacy of hydroelectric power. It has adversely affected our development. Though we have plenty of water yet harnessing of the rivers entails enormous cost and it will take the State decades to reach the stage of self sufficiency in hydroelectric power generation. As such since he is at the helm of affairs, State Government could ask for special package so that harnessing of solar and wind energy becomes possible. That would alleviate the suffering of people especially those living in remote parts of the hilly State. This all has to done as a special case. The experiment in Ladakh has been highly successful. By providing solar energy we could save lot of hydroelectric power to be diverted to industries and industrial productions.
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