Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday launched the first-ever privately-owned solar-electric passenger cruise boat on the River Mandovi.
Sawant, in the presence of Union Minister of State for Power and Renewable Energy Shripad Naik, launched the vessel developed by Goa Solar Power House in collaboration with LRAJ Green Solutions Pvt Ltd at the Floating Jetty on the River Mandovi in Panaji.
Speaking on the occasion, Sawant said that such an initiative will boost the tourism sector and also reduce carbon footprints in the state.
He stated that the PM Narendra Modi-led government has been encouraging the use of green energy to decrease dependence on fossil fuels.
A spokesperson from LRAJ Green Solutions said that this is the first solar-electric boat in Goa to become fully operational.
He added that the technology has already been successfully deployed in Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh.
