Punjab gets world's largest rooftop solar plant

World’s largest Single Rooftop Solar Power Plant with capacity of11.5 MegaWatt (MW) was inaugurated at Dera Baba Jaimal Singhat Beas, in Amritsar, Punjab. 
•    It was inaugurated by Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal on 18 May 2016.
•    This is the largest Solar Power Plant spread over 82 acres of rooftop in single campus on multiple roofs with installed capacity of 19.5 MW.
•    The plant has been set up with the cost of 139 crore rupees.
•    The project will generate clean and green energy sufficient to power approximately 8000 homes.
•    This solar power project at Dera Beas will help in abating about 4lakh tonnes of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in next 25 years
•    This is equivalent to plant nearly 2 lakh trees.
•    Considering the fact that pollution level and global temperature has gone up like anything, any such initiative is quite commendable.