2 Andhra Pradesh villages to run on solar power 
Toorputallu and Pedhamyanavanilanka, two villages in Andhra Pradesh, will run completely on solar power from this year. “These will be the first two villages in the country to be run 100% on solar power,” union minister Nirmala Sitharaman who adopted the villages under Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojna said. The villages will be electrified with a 2 MW solar power plant.