The Hindu 04.11.2009
5 bids received for solar city master plan
Staff Reporter
| The firm that qualifies in the financial bid too will be awarded the contract |
The goal is to promote use of renewable energy in urban areas
Vijayawada is one of the 15 cities across the country chosen by the Centre
VIJAYAWADA: The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has received five bids from interested parties for preparing a master plan for implementation of “Solar City” project. Gurgaon-based Winrock, Mumbai-based Dara Shaw and Company and EPIC Energy Limited of Coimbatore were among the five agencies that filed the bids.
As the last date for filing the bids ended on October 30, the Corporation officials are planning to open the tenders in the next couple of days. The officials would open the financial bids of the agencies that were qualified in the technical bids. The firm that qualifies in the financial bid too would be awarded the contract to prepare the master plan.
Vijayawada is one of the 15 cities across the country chosen by the Union Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE). The MNRE would provide a grant of Rs. 10 lakhs a year to the VMC for implementing the project.
The goal of the project is to promote use of renewable energy in urban areas by providing support to the municipal corporations for preparation and implementation of a road map to develop cities as “solar cities”. The activities in the programme are preparation of a master plan, setting up of a solar city cell, organising training programmes, workshops and the like, says Additional Commissioner (Projects) S. V. Giridhar Rao.
