Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said recently her government wants to run the irrigation pumps of the country completely on solar power.
“I want to make the irrigation system completely dependent on solar power. Initially, it might need some investment, but in the long run, it would cut the cost,” she said.
Hasina, also the president of the ruling Awami League, said this while inaugurating the tree plantation campaign of the Bangladesh Krishak League at a function at her official residence, GanaBhaban.
She said that the government is giving subsidies to the power sector.
“An excellent system has been invented. An umbrella equipped with a solar panel is to be installed over a well where the rainwater will be preserved. The irrigation will be done with solar energy,” she said.
She mentioned that a huge amount of land will not be wasted in introducing the system.
“At present, the solar panel is being developed, and we can set up a solar panel in a nearby village to do the irrigation,” she said.
