Expos on Dairy, Food, Green Energy and Green Vehicle kick off in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Media Day Marketing (MDM), a city-based well-known expos organiser inaugurated four expos 4th Edition of the Dairy & Food Expo and 6th Edition of India Green Energy Expo & the 4th Edition of the Green Vehicle Expo. Dairy and Food Expos were inaugurated by Industry and Associations leaders on Thursday. These are open till the 14th and are open from 10 am to 6 pm.

Ponnam Prabhakar, Minister of Transport, Govt of Telangana visited the expo, and inaugurated the other two expos—the 6th Edition of India Green Energy Expo & the 4th Edition of the Green Vehicle Expo.

Speaking on the occasion after the inauguration B Ashok Kumar Goud, President of Telangana Solar Energy Association said The Telangana Solar Power Policy when announced in the year 2015 hogged a lot of limelight and Telangana became a number one state in India. But we couldn’t hold on to that position for long and now we are not even in the top ten states in India. Many states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu are way ahead of us. After 2017 the investors backed out of the state. Now solar is not a happening industry in Telangana he said.

Echoing him was Rajesh Parakala, Vice President of Telangana Solar Energy Association. Rajesh said the central government of India offers several subsidies to promote solar energy under schemes such as PM Surya Ghar; Muft Bijli Yojana; Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM). However, the state of Telangana doesn’t encourage the industry nor offer any such subsidies or incentives to promote the industry.

Both leaders suggested that it is only logical that all government buildings must have solar panels. They should lead by example. Even the PM Surya Ghar (PMSG) scheme mandates the same. Under the PMSG too Government offices in India have received a mandate to ensure 100 per cent solarisation by 2025. They further suggested that Telangana has 30,000 schools and schools must be mandated to go Solar.

All new commercial buildings in future must be mandated to go solar. This seems a gigantic task, at least 20% of its components must be solar friendly, they added.

The PM-KUSUM scheme is not fully implemented in the state. Under this scheme one crore houses to be solarised. And the target for Telangana was five lakh houses. But ten months since the scheme opened not more than 3500 houses have gone solar. We want the government to be solar-friendly. We want the government to encourage and promote the solar industry, Ashok and Rajesh added.

The other dignitaries who graced the inaugural include Mrs Dasari Aruna, President Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) Hyderabad – Telangana State; Shri Adnan Sajid Khan (Gullu Dada fame); Actor Shri Shehbaazkhan and other Government officials along with Automotive & Renewable Association & Industry members.

Dasari Aruna said though electric vehicles get encouragement subsidies, and tax exemptions, the associated industries such as charging stations and related infrastructure must be developed.

Ram Soundalkar, Mohd Mudassar, and Kashif Razz, the three Directors of Media Day said Ryoto Electrix is sponsoring three e-two wheelers which will be given away in a lucky draw to one visitor each for the next three days who visit green vehicles expo

The highlight of the expo was the Varcas -Ryto Electrix offer. They are selling EV scooters for Rs24,500 as against Rs38,500 during the expo.

According to Ram Vemireddy of Varcas, they have come up with a revolutionary model to install Two and Three Wheeler Charging Stations at a throwaway price of Rs11,000 From Kirana shop, to pan shop to tyre puncture person will be able to set up a charging station at such a low cost and can earn Rs5000 a month. All they need is a three-phase electricity connection and a sufficient parking space for the vehicle to be charged. It will work 24x7 with the support of a custom-built app E-Volt. Those interested in setting up a charging station may contact us on Mobile: 9154758247/9024482830. The company aims to set up 25,000 charging stations next year.

FTCCI, DICCI, Telangana Solar Energy Association and other local bodies support the exhibitions.

The 3-day four expos are expected to witness about 15000 visitors.

All four expos put together have 100 exhibitors.