Prakasam: 1,000 MW solar power plant to come up in Donakonda

Donakonda: Prakasam district collector Dr Pola Bhaskara announced that the government will establish a 1,000 MW solar power plant in 5,200 acres of land at Rudrasamudram village in Donakonda mandal. He inspected the proposed lands in the Rudrasamudram village along with the concerned officials on Sunday.

The collector explained that the government has taken a decision in the Cabinet meeting to establish a solar power plant with a capacity of 1,000 MW in the state. He said that the government ordered him to prepare proposals to establish 1,000 MW solar power plants each at Rudrasamudram in Donakonda mandal and Pedda Gogulapalli in Chandrasekhara Puram mandal. He said that the government wanted to establish the solar power plants to provide uninterrupted free electricity to the farmers as the thermal and hydel power plants are expensive.

The collector said that they inspected the lands at the Rudrasamudram, Bhumanapalli, Manginapudi and would conduct Gramasabha to take consent from the farmers and public. He said that they would take action also to establish the VHF centre and paper industry in Donakonda and assured to take up industrial development activities in the district. Kandukur RDO Obulesh, Donakonda tahsildar Venkateswara Rao and others also participated in the programme.