So far, 55 existing
cities in 27 States/UTs are being developed as solar cities in the country
under ‘Development of Solar Cities programme’. This was stated by Sh. Piyush
Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy
in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. State-wise list of
approved solar cities is given below:-
|
Sr. No
|
State
|
Approved
Solar Cities
|
|
1
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
Vijayawada
Mahbubnagar*
|
|
2
|
Assam
|
Guwahati
|
|
Jorhat
|
|
3
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
Itanagar
|
|
4
|
Chandigarh
|
Chandigarh
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
Bilaspur
|
|
Raipur
|
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
Rajkot
|
|
Gandhinagar
|
|
Surat
|
|
7
|
Goa
|
Panji
City
|
|
8
|
Haryana
|
Gurgaon
|
|
Faridabad
|
|
9
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
Shimla
|
|
Hamirpur
|
|
10
|
Karnataka
|
Mysore
|
|
Hubli-Dharwad
|
|
11
|
Kerala
|
Thiruvananthapuram*
|
|
Kochi
|
|
12
|
Maharashtra
|
Nagpur
|
|
Thane
|
|
Kalyan-Dombivali
|
|
Aurangabad
|
|
Nanded
|
|
Shirdi
|
|
13
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
Indore*
|
|
Gwalior
|
|
Bhopal
|
|
Rewa
|
|
14
|
Manipur
|
Imphal
|
|
15
|
Mizoram
|
Aizawl
|
|
16
|
Nagaland
|
Kohima
|
|
Dimapur
|
|
17
|
Delhi
|
New
Delhi (NDMC area)
|
|
18
|
Orissa
|
Bhubaneswar
|
|
19
|
Punjab
|
Amritsar
|
|
Ludhiana
|
|
SAS
Nagar (Mohali)
|
|
20
|
Rajasthan
|
Ajmer
|
|
Jaipur*
|
|
Jodhpur
|
|
21
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
Coimbatore
|
|
22
|
Tripura
|
Agartala
|
|
23
|
Uttarakhand
|
Dehradun
|
|
Haridwar
& Rishikesh
|
|
Chamoli
– Gopeshwar
|
|
24
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
Agra
|
|
Moradabad
Allahabad
|
|
25
|
West
Bengal
|
Howrah
Madhyamgram
New
Town Kolkata
|
|
26
|
Jammu
& Kashmir
|
Leh*
|
|
27
|
Puducherry
|
Puducherry
|
*Only In-principal approval given.
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