GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday, July 20 inaugurated the 25 MW Boko Solar Park at Bhalukghata, Boko in Kamrup District. Built under Build, Own, Operate (BOO) model the park is one of the four power projects taken up under the Assam Solar Energy Policy, 2017.
The Boko Solar Park is developed by Azure Power Pvt. Ltd. and the developer has committed supply of 5.70 Crore units annually. The entire power will be procured by APDCL at a fixed rate of Rs. 3.24 per unit for 25 years which will ultimately benefit the consumers.
While the 25 MW Solar Park at Lalpul in Udalguri was inaugurated by the Chief Minister yesterday, other projects developed at Nagaon and Silchar are likely to be commissioned soon.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Dr. Sarma said that the Solar Park would lead to enhanced solar power generation, employment opportunities, check environment degradation and overall augmentation of power generation capacity in the state. He informed that the State Government is taking steps to establish solar projects in various locations to boost generation capacity and improve power supply.
Power Minister Nandita Gorlosa, Environment and Forest Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary, Handloom and Textiles Minister U G Brahma, MLAs Nandita Das, Hemanga Thakuria, Suman Haripriya, Rekibuddin Ahmed, CEM of Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council Tankaswar Rabha and other dignitaries were also present in the programme.
Happy to inaugurate 25-MW Boko Solar Park at Bhalukghata, Boko in Kamrup district.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 20, 2022
The project will lead to enhanced solar power generation, employment opportunities, check environmental degradation and augmentation of power generation capacity in Assam. pic.twitter.com/FDSMMYUTYt
