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New buildings will soon come with solar power in Mumbai

The BMC's improvements committee has taken keen interest in a proposal tabled before it on Monday demanding solar energy for new buildings and a push button for flushes in public toilets.

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The city is taking green initiatives seriously, and in about a month, it may become mandatory for new buildings to have solar panels on their roofs. Even the hoardings will have to run on solar energy.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) improvements committee has taken keen interest in a proposal tabled before it on Monday demanding solar energy for new buildings and a push button for flushes in public toilets.

When the notice of motion was tabled by corporator Manohar Chonkar, the administration agreed to send it to the state government’s urban development department (UDD).

However, the proposal was referred back to the civic body for reconsideration as the improvements committee insisted that there is no need to send it to the government for approval.

It felt that the BMC’s building proposal department has the power to make the proposal into law on its own.

“The civic body was asked to consider the proposal again and to make it mandatory in the intimation of disapproval (IOD) condition in the byelaws of the corporation for new buildings to have a solar energy system. Hence, the civic body will retable this proposal and it will soon be passed as such a measure is the need of the hour in a city like Mumbai,” said Bharatiya Janta Party’s Manoj Kotak, who is the chairman of the improvements committee.

“I suggested that solar energy be used for hoardings and bulbs in public toilets. We didn’t want the administration to send the proposal back to UDD as the power lies in the hands of the corporation,” said Congress corporator Vinod Shekhar.

At Sealine building in Bandra (W), Navin Chandra installed solar panels on the rooftop of his building in 2006.

There are three sets of eight panels each, which generate 2kw per hour per day of solar power. This can be used to power 50 lights for about five hours.

However, there is a hurdle. The excess power can’t be stored and has to be released back to the grid at night. But residents say the initiative is still well worth the Rs9 lakh investment.

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