CALANGUTE: The Calangute panchayat has installed three solar power panels at the panchayat ghar, the fish and vegetable market and at the senior citizens ghar, to generate electricity, said Calangute sarpanch Shawn Martins.
He said the solar power systems will be connected to the electricity department grid so that the panchayat also earns money by supplying the excess energy, especially on weekends when the panchayat office is shut.
“We want to set an example to villagers to go solar by following what the panchayat has done. It’s time people start using green energy by installing solar panels so that they don’t have to depend on the electricity department’s erratic supply,” Martins said.
He said the panels have been installed at a cost of Rs 5.5 lakh each by utilising the 14th Finance Commission grants and that the panchayat will save money in the long-run.
