This is an interesting article from the TOI's 10th Feb 2009 edition about solar-power promotion initiatives being taken in Baramati.
PUNE: Baramati is set to become the first solar-powered town in western Maharashtra where streetlights, garden lamps and even some advertisement hoardings will be powered by solar energy. Baramati is among 18 towns in Maharashtra to have got funding from the Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (Meda) — the state nodal agency for new and renewable energy — for solar projects under the Union ministry of new and renewable energy. Speaking to TOI on Monday, Meda director general Mahesh Zagade said, “It has been our effort to install solar devices in various parts of the state and the Baramati Municipal Council has taken a great initiative to implement the project.” The civic body is expected to save about Rs 2 lakh per month. Meda has so far installed 1,400 solar lights, 400 solar studs (garden lamps), 70 solar blinkers and nine traffic signals across the state, he said, adding that Baramati will be the first town where there will be such a large concentration of solar installations.
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