GHEL has launched its first Solar Irrigation Pump at Muradpur in Bogra district in 2012. It has already installed 40 such irrigation pumps and will install another 100 Solar Irrigation systems by 2021. Each irrigation pump supplied 8,00,000-15,00,000 liters of water per day for irrigation and covering 80-120 bigha land. But upcoming Irrigation Pumps will be bigger size with minimum 1.8 to 2.2 million Liters. of water supply per day for irrigation and drinking water purposes. The GHEL Irrigation System is completely solar powered and widespread adoption of this technology would significantly reduce government expenses on agricultural subsidies for diesel. These green and sustainable irrigation systems have been revolutionized irrigation and crops production in Bangladesh.
