Banga to be developed as 1st solar block of Punjab:

Deputy Commissioner Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa on Wednesday said Banga block in Nawanshahr would be developed as the first solar block of Punjab.
Presiding over a meeting with more than 60 sarpanches of villages falling in Banga block, the DC along with Additional Deputy Commissioner (D) Amardeep Singh Bains and DDPO Davinder Sharma said directions had already been given to the officials in this regard under which solar streetlights, solar pumps and rooftop solar plants would be set up in the phases by involving the panchayats.
Detailing the sarpanches about the number of schemes run by Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA), the Deputy Commissioner asked them to take benefit of these schemes to tap the solar energy by installing rooftop solar plants, replacing normal streetlights with solar lights and solar pumps in their villages.