Ministry of Railways under the guidance of Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu,  has taken yet another leap in fulfilling its commitment to better environment, when a landmark contract agreement was signed between Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuel (IROAF) of Indian Railways and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) for constructing a 2 MW roof top power  plant at a record low cost of Rs 3.58 Crores per MWp (Megawatt peak) under Government of India's Incentive Scheme. The plant will be commissioned within next 10 months. It will be set up at Diesel-Loco Modernisation Works, Patiala formerly Diesel Component Works, Patiala.

 

 

This is the first project to be covered under Achievement Linked Incentive / Award Scheme of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for Government buildings.

 

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