Saurabh Patel in Vadodara on Thursday. (Photo: Bhupendra Rana )
Gujarat Energy Minister Saurabh Patel on Thursday alleged that Congress is using the farm laws as a “political opportunity” to attack the ruling BJP government at the Centre. The minister said that the Congress, which has been opposing the three farm laws, had, in its own election manifesto, promised regulations for farmers.
However, Patel added, the opposition party has been attacking the BJP due to its “frustration of not being able to come to power”.
In a media interaction in Vadodara, on a day when the BJP has started kisan sammelan across the state, Patel said, “Several divisive forces in New Delhi are trying to lead farmers astray regarding the reforms being brought in by the Narendra Modi-led government. But the government has kept its doors open for any reasoning and to clarify doubts of farmers regarding the laws.”
Gujarat emerges as top destination of hybrid RE capacities
December 15, 2020
First three years will see commissioning of about 14,000 Mw RE capacities at Kutch Gujarat is all set to become home to World’s largest hybrid renewable energy (wind and solar) park with a combined capacity of 30 Gigawatt (GW) as Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone for the iconic project.
Modi claimed that the park, spread across 70,000 hectares, is as big as countries like Singapore or Bahrain.
In his address during the foundation-stone-laying ceremony held at Dhordo near the India-Pakistan border in Kutch on Tuesday, Modi said, “Close to ₹1.5 lakh crore will be invested in this hybrid renewable energy park and provide employment to about 1 lakh people. There can be no better way to use the wasteland and desert land. Windmills along the border will be useful for border security. Above all, every year, it will save 5 crore tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. It will significan