Largest solar plant launched

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi launched a 130-MW solar power plant at Bhagwanpur in Neemuch, about 400 km from here, on Wednesday. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan was present. The Welspun Solar MP project, the largest solar power plant in India set up at a cost of Rs. 1,100 crore on 305 hectares, will supply power at Rs. 8.05 a kWh. Calling it a saffron revolution, Mr. Modi said: “We have already seen the green and the white revolutions; soon, we are going to see a saffron revolution in the country ... The sun was there even during the time when there was a Congress Chief Minister. But the Congress never thought of using it to develop solar energy, and it was Chouhan who used it for energy production.” Hitting out at Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh, he said: “During his regime , many power plants were closed down because of which we have been pushed into the dark ages.” http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/largest-solar-plant-launched/article5731246.ece