The Uttar Pradesh government will install solar panels on hotels and guest houses under the Tourism Department. The Non-Conventional Energy Development Authority (NEDA) has been directed to set up solar energy plants in the hotels run by the tourism corporation.
NEDA has begun a survey and is likely to install the solar panels on 40 hotels of UP State Tourism Corporation (UPSTC). The state government may provide funds for this purpose in the supplementary budget likely to be tabled this month in the monsoon session of the assembly.
According to an NEDA engineer: "the move is aimed at minimising pollution and