Lucknow, June 17 -- : Uttar Pradesh has achieved a significant milestone in the field of residential rooftop solar energy by surpassing the historic mark of 2 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity.
With this achievement, Uttar Pradesh has joined the country's prestigious '2 GW Rooftop Solar Club', where only leading states such as Gujarat and Maharashtra had been present so far.
This achievement is being attributed to the effective implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana and the growing public participation in solar energy across the state. Under the scheme, a large number of consumers have installed solar plants on the rooftops of their homes and adopted clean and affordable energy.
During this period, UPNEDA Di...