Indian Oil Corp's (IOC) petrol pump, Lotus Xangpo Memorial filling station, in Leh has become the world's highest altitude retail outlet to be powered by solar power.
A solar power generation system has been installed at the petrol pump situated at 11,500 feet above the sea level to replace polluting diesel generator
IOC is increasingly using solar power to light up its petrol pumps across the country. In the year ended March 31, 2015, 1,398 new outlets were solarised, taking the total tally to 2,663
IOC has 24,405 petrol pumps and 6,230 rural outlets called Kisan Seva Kendras.
IOC plans to add another 1,500 petrol pumps and Kisan Seva Kendras in the current financial year and envisions touching 5,000 solar-powered outlets by 2017-18 and 10,000 by 2022
Note
Leh was the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, now the Leh District in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir
Leh District with an area of 45,110 km2, is the second largest district in the country, afterKutch District (in terms of area)
Mountains dominate the landscape around the Leh as it is at an altitude of 3,500metres. The principal access roads include the 434 km Srinagar-Leh highway which connects Leh with Srinagar and the 473 km Leh-Manali Highway which connects Manali with Leh. Both roads are open only on a seasonal basis.
The people of Leh are ethnic Tibetan, speaking the East Tibetan Dialect.
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