Energy conservation vital for world Himachal Pradesh CM

  • | Thursday | 15th November, 2018

He said that goal of energy conservation techniques must be to reduce demand, protect and replenish supplies, develop and use alternative energy sources.He said that by organising the painting competition, the SJVNL had provided an apt platform for the students to exhibit their talent besides sensitising them regarding importance of energy conservation. He said that a national level painting competition would be held during next month at New Delhi in which three students of the state would participate. He said that SJVNL was ready to exploit the untapped power potential available particularly in the tribal districts of the state.He also highlighted salient features of the painting competition. He thanked the state government for allocating 780 MW capacity Jhangi-Thapan hydro electric project to the company for execution. SJVNL is executing 19 power projects in the State.

SHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that energy conservation was vital as without it, the world would deplete its natural resources and the humanity would have to depend on alternative energy resources, which came at the cost of creating an enormous amount of destructive waste products causing adverse impact on mother Earth.He said this while presiding over the state level painting competition on energy conservation organised by the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL) under national campaign on Energy Conservation-2018 of union ministry of Power, in Shimla on Thursday. He said that goal of energy conservation techniques must be to reduce demand, protect and replenish supplies, develop and use alternative energy sources.He said that by organising the painting competition, the SJVNL had provided an apt platform for the students to exhibit their talent besides sensitising them regarding importance of energy conservation. He expressed happiness that about 1.50 lakh students of over 5000 schools of the state participated in this competition.Jai Ram Thakur said that SJVNL has emerged as one of the leading corporation of the country in power generation and credit for this goes to the dedicated officers and officials of the corporation.Chairman cum managing director, SJVN Dr Nand Lal Sharma said that the SJVNL would continue to contribute in the development of the state. SJVNL is executing 19 power projects in the State. He thanked the state government for allocating 780 MW capacity Jhangi-Thapan hydro electric project to the company for execution. He said that SJVNL was ready to exploit the untapped power potential available particularly in the tribal districts of the state.He also highlighted salient features of the painting competition. He said that a national level painting competition would be held during next month at New Delhi in which three students of the state would participate.

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