Akshay Urja Park opened in Gurgaon, India

Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas was celebrated at Gurgaon on August 20.

A state level function was organised on Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas at Gurgaon. Irrigation Minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav was the chief guest of the occasion.

The state-level Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Park set up at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore at Gurgaon to create awareness and to demonstrate Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Technologies, was also inaugurated on the same day. The Park has been constructed on Solar Passive building design concepts and has various working models of devices based on renewable sources of energy like sun, hydro and wind.

The park has a 10 KW solar power plant to meet its energy requirements. It also has an energy information centre to provide advisory services to the public on renewable energy and energy conservation related issues.

A Prize distribution function was also organised at the function to give prizes of Rs 4 lakh to Rs 25 lakh to the selected gram panchayats for their outstanding contribution in renewable energy and energy conservation programmes.

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