At a time when it has become absolutely essential for us to use renewable sources of energy for all our needs, a Gujarat temple has been reportedly leading the way in this department.
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Praveen Chandra, temple’s trustee: The electricity bill used to be very high. So motive behind this was to save money. The bill dropped from Rs 1.5-2 Lakh per month to Rs 10-12,000 per month now. With the money that was saved, we started a college and a school for Sanskrit.(6.12) https://t.co/Ahm5yuiFB7 pic.twitter.com/kGuU2ga88g
— ANI (@ANI) December 6, 2019
Temple’s trustee Praveen Chandra spoke about how high the electricity bill used to be and said:
The motive behind this was to save money. The bill has dropped from Rs 1.5-2 Lakh per month to Rs 10-12,000 per month. With the money that is saved every month, the shrine started a college and a school for Sanskrit.
Twitter has also been praising the move.
keep it coming, news such as these are way more useful than the political clowns out there. Let them destroy each other lmao
— Exokeepsmytoeswarm (@xiuminsgluexo) December 6, 2019
Kudos! Temple In Gujarat Switches To Solar Power, Uses Saved Money To Fund College https://t.co/xcUz5tSmWR
— Ishan Mukherjee (@ami_Ishan) December 8, 2019
Chandra also informed reporters that the 50-kilowatt capacity solar panels that have been installed on the terrace of the temple cost only Rs 25 lakh.