State level conservation award

September 25 – Haryana Renewable Energy Department(HAREDA) has invited nominations for State Level Energy ConservationAwards 2007-08 upto October 15, 2008.While stating this here today, Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. ChanderMohan said that to recognize the efforts of Industrial, Commercial andGovernment building sectors consumers in conserving energy, the StateGovernment had started encouraging such each category consumers by wayof giving them Rs. two lakh to Rs.50,000 cash awards. He said thatfrom this year, two new categories of prizes namely Educational andCommercial building would be added. Hotels, hospitals, shopping mallsand plazas were included in commercial buildings, he said.The Deputy Chief Minister said that applications could be submittedthrough concerned Additional Deputy Commissioner and the awardproforma could be downloaded from website www.hareda.gov.in. He saidthat Haryana was one of the few states in the country where Statelevel Energy Conservation Awards scheme was implemented since 2005-06.Mr. Chander Mohan said that during the last year, Maruti Suzuki IndiaLimited, Gurgoan was awarded with first prize under which cash prizeof Rs.one lakh, a certificate and shield had been provided. Similarly,Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Panipat refinery had got second prizeunder which cash prize of Rs.50,000, a certificate and shield had beengiven. He said that under High Tension (HT) consumer category, ShaktiBhavan Panchkula was awarded with first prize of Rs.one lakh, acertificate and shield. This award had been given the Haryana ChiefMinister Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda on December 18, 2007 during a StateLevel Function on Energy Conservation Day, he added.