Q3. Huge solar energy parks are coming up in different parts of the country. These solar energy parks can reduce the carbon emission level and the rate of global pollution. Assuming yourself to be Anand or Ankita of ABC Public School Dhanbad, write your opinion in the form of an article using two hundred words only.
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avagada, Karnataka: When the solar panels quietly began to generate power in December last year, 38-year-old Mallika Arjun finally heard wedding bells. A farmer neck-deep in debt, he had been unable to find a family to accept him as a groom for their daughter.
Arjun was amongst the first farmers to lease their land to the government for the 13,000-acre solar park coming up in Pavagada, around 200 km north of Bengaluru. The solar park is part of India’s ambitious plan to generate 227GW of renewable energy by 2022. Solar will contribute about 113GW.
After leasing ten acres, Arjun’s fortune changed almost immediately. “I got more than Rs 6 lakhs for the land I leased. With this money, I could get married and pay off my loans. I have another ten acres which I am ready to give if they want it,” he said, standing beside his brand new motorcycle.
With the failure and unpredictability of rains over the last few years, farming in Pavagada has turned financially unviable – making farmers more than willing to give away their land.
As large solar parks come up all over the country, little attention is being paid to the voices of those living around them, as well as the effects on their immediate environment. Activists say we lack research on the effects on soil fertility and underground aquifers. Large solar parks also break up traditional commons, used by many vulnerable communities for grazingIn December 2017, the Pavagada facility started generating 600MW of electricity. By March 2019, it is expected to generate 2,000MW (2 GW) and be one of the world’s biggest solar parks.
Every megawatt of solar energy requires between five and seven acres of land under abundant sun. With vast, semi-arid, drought-prone regions and undulating topography, Karnataka now leads the country – 5 GW of solar energy, or 24% of the national total, is already being generated in the state.
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