State level function of National Energy Conservation Day

Dec 18- Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hoodatoday announced to institute awards for promotion of energyconservation buildings and setting up of green energy and energyconservation fund.The Chief Minister who was speaking at a State Level function ofNational Energy Conservation Day in Faridabad said that the StateGovernment has decided to set up a green energy and energyconservation fund for which Rs.one crore have been provided.

He saidthat these funds would be utilised to create an awakening among thepeople about energy conservation and make it a mass movement.

He also announced to institute award of Rs.one lakh for thosearchitects in Government and private sector who would facilitateconstruction of a minimum of four star rating houses as per GRIHA andBuilding Energy Conservation Code rating.

Similarly, those who wouldconstruct buildings as per a minimum of three star rating would get anaward of Rs.50,000.He said that the Bal Urja Rakshak Mission Programme was introduced in25 schools of Gurgaon district on pilot basis during last year. Underthis programme, 25,000 students of these schools were being madeconscious of energy conservation, renewable energy and climate change.

He said that this programme would also be introduced in 25 schools ofdistrict Faridabad at a cost of Rs.25 lakh.He also announced to implemented a street lighting project based onESCO in Faridabad. It would be implemented jointly by HaryanaRenewable Energy Department and Municipal Corporation, Faridabad.

Under this programme, 34,000 street lights of Faridabad would beconverted into efficient street lights thus reducing the power billsof the Municipal Corporation by 60 per cent. It would also benefit theMunicipal Corporation by Rs.one crore per year.

He said that ESCObased street lights were being installed in Hisar and Panchkula by theRenewable Energy Department and it has reduced demand for power by 860KW. The expenditure on maintenance of light points has reduced byRs.54 lakh per year.It may be recalled that under this scheme, the ESCO company replacesthe light points into efficient lights at its own cost and it recoversits expenditure out of the saving of power.

Therefore, the companywould maintain lights during the period of the project which is fiveto seven years.He said that energy conservation programme has been implemented inHaryana in a big way and the State has, for the second consecutiveyear, bagged second national award for energy conservation. Byadopting energy conservation measures, the State would be able to save500 MW power by 2012. He said that impressed by the Renewable EnergyPolicy of Haryana Government, power producers have signed MoUs withState Government to generate 200 MW of power by investing Rs.1000crore.

The Chief Minister gave away State Level Energy Conservation awardsto those industrial houses which have made outstanding performance inconservation of energy in 2008-09. He also gave away awards to thosestudents who had won essay competition.

The first prize of Rs.two lakh was bagged by Indian Oil Corporation,Panipat Refinery in HT category and second prize of Rs.one lakh waswon by DCM Textiles, Hisar. Similarly, in LT category, GoldenLamination, Panchkula got first prize of Rs.one lakh and second prizeof Rs.50,000 was awarded to Jai Ram Anxillaries Pvt.Ltd., Faridabad.In case of Government, semi Government and local category, BSNLTelephone Exchange, Gurgaon was awarded first prize of Rs.two lakh andBSNL Telephone Exchange, Hisar was awarded second prize of Rs.onelakh.Mr Hooda gave away award of Rs.21,000 to the first prize winner inessay writing competition, Rohit of Satyanand Public School, Gohana.Ms Man Preet of Partap Public School, Karnal was awarded second prizeof Rs.15,000. The third prize of Rs.11,000 went to Ms Pinki ofGovernment Senior Secondary School, Khedli Daula in district Gurgaon.

Others who also spoke on the occasion included Haryana Power andRenewable Energy Minister, Mr Mahender Partap Singh, FinancialCommissioner and Principal Secretary, Renewable Energy, Mr S.S.Parsad, Director, Renewable Energy, Mrs Sumita Misra and DeputyCommissioner, Mr Parveen Kumar.Earlier, Mr Hooda inaugurated Urja Mela organised by HaryanaRenewable Energy Department and HAREDA. He went around the mela to seevarious stalls and evinced keen interest in some of the productsdisplayed there.