Master plan finalised to develop solar cities.

The government said it has finalised the master plan to develop 36 cities as solar or green cities.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has been implementing a programme on 'Development of Solar Cities' under which a total of 60 cities and towns are proposed to be supported for development as 'Solar or green cities'.

'So far, in principle approval has been accorded to 55 cities of which 45 cities have been sanctioned. Out of these 45 cities, the master plans have been finalised for 36 cities,' New and Renewable Energy minister Farooq Abdullah said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

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