In a bid to minimize its dependence on the use of conventional sources of energy, Patna University (PU) is planning tap solar power installing rooftop solar panels on all of its buildings.
PU vice-chancellor (VC) Rash Bihari Prasad Singh announced about the installation of solar panel while initiating a discussion on the ‘Utility of Solar Energy’ organized as part of ‘Jal-Jivan-Hariyali Diwas’ celebrations .
First Tuesday of every month is observed as ‘Jal-Jivan-Hariyali Diwas’ after the education department in Bihar ssue directive to all the universities and colleges.
According to TOI various programmes were conducted at the university level and in different colleges on the theme of energy conservation.
A solar panel of 236kW had already been installed in PU and more such installations were in the pipeline said Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency (BREDA) project officer Surendra Kuma.
Kumar also gave valuable tips on conservation of energy and advantages of the use of solar power.
The publication notes that PU National Service Scheme (NSS) programme coordinator Atul Aditya Pandey pointed out that all the NSS camps organized in different colleges were now based on the theme of ‘Jal-Jivan-Hariyali’.
He added “Young volunteers are being told about ecological balance and environmental conservation,” he added.