Facing simmering hot weather almost for nine months in a year, Vellore district is eminently suited for harnessing of solar energy for various purposes. The government is granting almost 80 per cent subsidy to farmers coming forward to install solar pumpsets for energising irrigation pump sets. K. Kumaravel Pandian who has installed a fixed type solar pumpset in his farm land in Sirukarumbur village in Kaveripakkam block availing of the subsidy given by the government…
Harnessing solar energy for agriculture
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