7,000 railways stations in India to go solar

Almost every railway station in India will soon be fed with solar power if the plans announced in India’s latest union budget are implemented.

The Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that the 7,000 railway stations across the country will be fed with solar power as per the Indian Railways mission to implement 1,000 megawatts of solar power capacity. The minister made the announcement during the union budget speech on 1 February 2017.