Sunday 30 November 2014

Chhattisgarh receives three national awards for excellent work in power sector

Chhattisgarh was awarded with three national awards for excellent work in power sector. Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh congratulated the Principal Secretary of energy department Aman Kumar Singh and all the officials and employees of the department for this important achievement.

Chhattisgarh has received the first prize in power sector for excellent work in investment and developing infrastructures, while the Principal Secretary of State Energy Department Aman Kumar Singh received the prize of country’s best bureaucrat for doing excellent work in power sector. The prizes were awarded in a programme organised by a prestigious magazine of power sector ‘Inertia’ in New Delhi on Friday night. The residential commissioner of Chhattisgarh BV Uma Devi received these prizes.

The second prize Pradeep Pimple Grass Root Innovation Award was given to Chhattisgarh government’s public sector unit Akshya Urja Vikas Nigam Abhikaran (CREDA) for making water filtration technique plant with the use of solar energy. This award was received by superintending engineer RK Shankar on behalf of CREDA.

It is to be noted that under the leadership of Dr Raman Singh, various appreciable works have been done in the field of power production and distribution in Chhattisgarh state. Chhattisgarh has become first power-cut free state in the country since 2008.

Chhattisgarh received the other prize by the jury in power sector for surplus production, progressing to achieve the target of 70,0000 megawatt power production till the end of 12th Five Year Plan and availability of electricity in 97 percent rural area of the state. State energy department has received the investment proposals of Rs 92 lakh crore. The T & D deficit has been brought down from 26.72 percent of 19.79 percent.

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