Agartala, Aug 25, 2022, By Kiran Bhowmik

Agartala, Aug 25. It has observed here in Tripura that the percentage of household using solar as main source of lighting 1.9 per cent in total which reported 2.2 per cent in rural and 1.1 per cent in urban areas.

Though rural area has covered higher in comparison with urban but need to focus on the matter to increase the number of household covering under solar energy for lighting. The data shows that the percentage not less than 0.4 percent in India has covered under solar energy resources for lighting.

The initiative taken under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM), aims to add solar and other renewable capacity of 25,750 MW by 2022 with total central financial support of Rs. 34,422 Crore including service charges to the implementing agencies. The initiative of government under this scheme might help farmers for doing their agricultural activities with the help of getting irrigation facilities because here in the state Tripura has irrigation potential area of 1,17,968 hectares in 2020-21 in accordance with the report published by Economic Review of Tripura.

The main issue according to information collected from farmers and other beneficiaries that there are different solar based companies doing here in accordance with their companies’ directions for doing price discrimination of same materials.

The intervention of government is also important here in the state Tripura because the companies doing under use of solar energy in the state but they don’t offer any agency to establish a unit here for future servicing facilities to the beneficiaries, said a section of beneficiaries.

According to ground report collected from locals that there are schools and Primary Health Care centers like Garzi, Tulamura, Gomati District Hospital in Tripura where installed solar lamp with government support those lamps are needed to be repaired by implementing agencies for getting benefits of solar lamps.