India, Aug. 10 -- Abha Shukla, additional chief secretary, state energy department, has warned that companies will be blacklisted for five years if their solar projects in Pune district are not completed within the deadline.

Seven firms are part of setting up solar power projects with a capacity of 1,083 MW in the district under the "Chief Minister's Solar Agriculture Feeder Scheme 2.0" to provide daytime electricity to farmers.

Shukla chaired a review meeting at the Pune district collectorate on Friday attended by Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) chairman and managing director Lokesh Chandra, additional district collector Suhas Mapari, MSEDCL directors Yogesh Gadkari and Rajendra Pawar, regional direc...