Shimla: Farooq Abdullah, Union minister for new and renewable energy with chief minister of Himachal pradesh Prem Kumar Dhumal, enjoying a walk on heritage Ridge in the northern hill town of Shimla on Monday, August 24, 2009. He comes in Shimla for discussion on solar energy generation in Himachal Pradesh. Since we are importing conventional energy resources like diesel, petrol and coal which are also limited, so we need to explore possibilities of uses of non-conventional energy resources (NCE) for the betterment of the future, he said.
Amit, a painter by training with a PhD in fine arts, is a professional photo journalist by choice. Well traveled, he lives in Shimla.