Hyderabad, April 24 -- Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday called for self-reliance in power consumption within the agricultural sector.

Addressing a public meeting after laying the foundation for a 6.5 gigawatt renewable solar ingot-wafer manufacturing plant set up by ReNew Energy at a cost of Rs.5,400 crore at Rambili village in Anakapalli village, Naidu urged farmers to install solar panels under the PM-KUSUM scheme. "In the coming years, the farmers should be able to have their own solar panels to generate power for their agriculture pump sets instead of depending on power supplied by electricity department," he said.

He also urged people to adopt rooftop solar installations under the PM Surya Ghar scheme. ...