Asia’s first solar power-enabled Textile Mill to be unveiled in Parbhani district of Maharashtra

The first solar power-enabled Textile Mill in Asia is set to be set up in Parbhani district, Maharashtra.
Spread across 30 acres of land, the Jai Bhawani women’s cooperative textile mill, will be first in Asia that will operate entirely on solar power.
Once functional, the mill will process cotton to cloth, and would provide jobs to many women in the district.
The overall cost of setting up the project is around Rs. 100 crore.
Parbhani is the leading cotton producing district in Maharashtra and with the operationalization of the mill it will give momentum to the industrial sector in the district.