meeting said the solar panel project would be initiated with the help of Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA).

Solanki said, “Many proposals were discussed during this meeting. However, decisions on the proposals are still pending. The electricity bills of several government schools in Maharashtra have been pending with the electricity board. Thus many schools do not get power due to a cut-off while some others face shut downs.”

Over 70% of the 90,000 schools across the state have been digitized in five years. But Teachers blame outages and poor internet facilities. There has been a demand from schools to the government to provide solar panels to address power shutdown issues.