1/5: Uttar Pradesh’s capital has quietly become India’s solar...

1/5: Uttar Pradesh’s capital has quietly become India’s solar capital. By April 2026, Lucknow had crossed 88,000 rooftop solar installations under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana—the first district in the country to do so.

2/5: Aerial view tells the story before any statistic can. Even in areas one would not ordinarily associate with infrastructural ambition, panels sit on rooftops.