Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has come out with ambitious plans promoting solar PV projects in Jammu and Kashmir. The nodal agency for tendering of renewable projects in the country is planning for 5,000 MW (megawatt) for Ladakh unit and 2,500 MW for Kargil –with deadline by 2023 at cost estimated to be Rs 45,000 crore. The Ladakh project will be located at Hanle-Khaldo in Nyoma, 254km from Leh. The Kargil project will be built at Suru in Zanskar, 254km from district HQ. Power from the Ladakh project will flow to Kaithal in Haryana, for which 900-km line will be laid mostly along the Leh-Manali road. Kargil project will hook up with the grid at New Wanpoh near Srinagar.