Maharashtra to bring all govt offices under solar power by December 2025: Fadnavis
He spoke at the inauguration of Mahaurja's new administrative building in Pune on Sunday.
Fadnavis outlined two key goals for Mahaurja in the coming period. 'The first is to accelerate the adoption of solar energy across all government offices. The second is to implement the state's solar policy in alignment with the Suryaghar Yojana. The plan involves bringing all domestic consumers using up to 100 units of electricity under solar energy in the first phase, and those using up to 300 units in the second. The goal is to reduce their electricity bills to zero,' he said.
'Work on this is progressing rapidly and this is Asia's largest decentralized solar project, ' Fadnavis added.
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