MLC to use funds for solar rooftop units for schools in DK

Karnataka legislative council member Ivan D' Souza has said he would provide Rs 1.25 crore from his MLC fund to 50 aided and government primary and high schools in Dakshina Kannada (DK) district to install 3 KW solar rooftop units.
In a statement here, he said the cost of each solar unit would come to around Rs 2.5 lakh.
A 3 KW solar rooftop unit produces 12 units of electricity per day and 360 units per month.
He said each solar grid would produce electricity worth Rs 3,441.60 per month.
The schools can use this solar power and sell the surplus electricity to the Mangalore Electricity Company Limited (MESCOM) grid, he said.

Thesurplus electricity could be sold to MESCOM during vacationperiod.
D'Souza said he would write to MLAs of allconstituencies in the district to send names of five schools from each constituency.
A sum of Rs 26 lakh from the MLC fundhad already been used for installing solar rooftop units atthe deputy commissioner's office, six gram panchayats and 40 houses in endosulfan-affected villages, he said.