LUDHIANA: After educational institutes, now its the turn of city temples to focus on saving energy by using solar lights. While one temple has already installed these energy-saving tubes, other managements are working on the plans.
According to the temple associations there was a strong need to save energy, especially in the wake of massive power crisis in the state. Solar energy, being a clean option, could provide them help.
Already Convent School, Punjab Agricultural University and Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University ( GADVASU) had installed solar lights. Even the new residential colonies were also being lighted up with solar energy but the religious organizations said that this was very costly because of high investment charges.
While giving information, Pardeep Dhall, general secretary, of Shree Geeta Mandir Shani Dham, said that it was yet another step to provide pollution-free and peaceful environment to the devotees. More importantly, cutting their power bill, the solar lights reduced their dependence on electricity.
Echoing a similar view, Sudar Das Dhamija from Govind Gau Dham said that they had consulted a Delhi-based company for installing solar lights in their temple and surrounding area for which the company had submitted a Rs 1-crore plan. He said that they wanted to replace the ordinary lights with solar ones and efforts were going on to do it as soon as possible.
Satish Gupta from Bhagwan Jagannath Temple said that construction work of the new shrine was going on and they had factored in the installation of solar lights in it.
According to the temple associations there was a strong need to save energy, especially in the wake of massive power crisis in the state. Solar energy, being a clean option, could provide them help.
Already Convent School, Punjab Agricultural University and Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University ( GADVASU) had installed solar lights. Even the new residential colonies were also being lighted up with solar energy but the religious organizations said that this was very costly because of high investment charges.
While giving information, Pardeep Dhall, general secretary, of Shree Geeta Mandir Shani Dham, said that it was yet another step to provide pollution-free and peaceful environment to the devotees. More importantly, cutting their power bill, the solar lights reduced their dependence on electricity.
Echoing a similar view, Sudar Das Dhamija from Govind Gau Dham said that they had consulted a Delhi-based company for installing solar lights in their temple and surrounding area for which the company had submitted a Rs 1-crore plan. He said that they wanted to replace the ordinary lights with solar ones and efforts were going on to do it as soon as possible.
Satish Gupta from Bhagwan Jagannath Temple said that construction work of the new shrine was going on and they had factored in the installation of solar lights in it.
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