Green plan takes-off

Jaipur-Airport — *Jaipur Airport a model for green project.*

Civil Aviation Ministry is progressing with its green take-off Plans with 146 MW of solar-power generation at airports across the country, 30 MW of which are already in pipeline.

Airport Authority of India (AAI) will put in operation 24.1 MW of solar power plants at 11 airports by end of this year as part of the programme.

AAI has so far installed 5.4 MW of solar plants at 16 airports, which has reduced 4,600 tonnes of carbon emission.

Jaipur, for one has installed a roof top solar power plant of 1 MW capacity and a 1.8 MW ground-based solar power plant is under implementation. All Airport directors were encouraged to adopt similar initiatives, some of which have a payback period of as low as two years.

The conservation progress was reviewed by Ciivil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju on July 9, 2016.

Water conservation, water-recycling and sewage treatment plants are already in various stages of progress at the airports, according to the Minister’s review.

AAI is already using re-cycled water for horticulture, fire-fighting and air-conditioning requirements at several airports. fii-news.com