Sambhar Ultra Mega Solar Power Project is a proposed photo-voltaic solar power project with a cumulative capacity of 4,000 MW at Sambhar in Rajasthan state of India. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Sambhar is home to many species of birds. The proposed project was opposed by several environmental groups. The Union Government later decided to develop the acquired land in Sambhar as a tourist spot, and shift the proposed solar power station to Kharaghoda in Surendranagar district of Gujarat. [5]
Praful Manoharbhai Patel is an Indian politician. His father, Manoharbhai Patel, an Indian National Congress leader who was elected to represent Gondia Bhandara districts in Maharashtra. His political career began in 1991 and he was appointed as the Union Minister of Civil Aviation in 2004. His family runs the CEEJAY group, a large tobacco conglomerate in India.
The Sambhar Salt Lake, India's largest inland salt lake, is located in Sambhar Lake Town, Jaipur district of Rajasthan, India, 80 km (50 mi) southwest of the city of Jaipur and 64 km (40 mi) northeast of Ajmer, Rajasthan. It surrounds the historical Sambhar Lake Town.
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