Japan Wants to Set up Solar City
Japan says it wants to set up at least one solar city in India out of the 34 that the government is planing to develop during the Eleventh Plan Period.
The move is an effort to cut the country’s carbon emissions and promote the use of renewable energy.
A Japanese delegation led by Kazuhio Haraguchi, minister for internal affairs and communications, on Wednesday met Union minister for new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah and discussed various aspects of cooperation between the two countries in the field of renewable energy.
A total of 34 cities have been approved by the government in states such as Uttar Pradesh, Gujrat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Chandigarh.
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