Bhubaneswar, July 10 -- Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday dedicated to the nation a 750-MW solar project said to be Asia's biggest at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh through video conference from Delhi.

The Rs 4,000-crore project has three units of 250 MW each at a solar park spread over 1,500 hectares developed by Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL), a joint venture company of Madhya Pradesh UrjaVikas Nigam Limited and Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a central PSU.

Union Power Minister RK Singh and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan were among the dignitaries present on the occasion.

Twenty-four per cent of the solar power produced by the project will be used in the Delhi Metro and the remaining 76 per ...