BBMB inaugurates rooftop SPV plants
Chandigarh: Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has planned to implement grid connected rooftop solar PV projects on the roofs of its buildings/offices, ground mounted and floating solar PV Plants as a part of its contribution to Renewable Energy initiatives of Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. BBMB installed Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Power Plant of total capacity of 100kWp at 220kV Substation, BBMB, Jalandhar and total capacity of 60kWp at 220kV substation BBMB, Jamalpur. Er. DK Sharma, chairman, BBMB inaugurated both these Rooftop PV Plants. Minimum annual generation expected from these solar power plants is 2.56 lakh units.
Rahul Gandhi is Baliawal nt’l coordinator
Chandigarh: Congress party president Rahul Gandhi has appointed Pritpal Singh Baliawal, a youth Congress leader as a national joint coordinator of All India Kisan Congress. Baliawal is a son of senior Congress leader Jaswinder Singh Baliawal. He had worked with National Teams of NSUI and Indian Youth Congress. He said he will work hard to ensure that farmers get remunerative price of their produce and start a campaign to discuss the problems of the farmers.
Himachal CM calls on Union Health Minister
Shimla: Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur called on Union Health Minister JP Nadda in his office in Parliament at New Delhi on Wednesday. Chief Minister discussed about various issues including Ayushman Bharat and setting up of AIIMS besides other health schemes. MPs of Himachal Pradesh Shanta Kumar, Virendra Kashyap and Ramswaroop Sharma, ACS Dr. Shrikant Baldi were also present among others
Haryana Cabinet on Dec 21
Chandigarh: Haryana Cabinet will meet under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal in the Committee Room, fourth floor, Haryana Civil Secretariat here on December 21.
Vigilance nabs engineer for taking bribe
Chandigarh: Punjab State Vigilance Bureau on Wednesday nabbed an assistant Engineer (AE) Mohan Lal posted at Block Development & Panchayat Office at Dhilwan in Kapurthala district red handed for accepting bribe of Rs 15,000. A spokesman of VB Punjab said Mohan Lal, AE was caught red handed on the complaint of Kulwinder Singh of village Prem Nagar, Kapurthala district.
EDAPS conference held
Chandigarh: The IEEE Electrical Design of Advanced Packaging and Systems (EDAPS) conference was held at Taj here. EDAPS is a premier packaging conference in the Asia-Pacific and technically sponsored by the IEEE Electronic Packaging Society. This is the first time that this conference was held in North India with an aim to boost the packaging ecosystem of the region. The conference saw participation from industry and academia with papers and posters from several countries in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
organ donation awareness drive held
Chandigarh: Encouraged by the success of student engagement program, ‘Be The Change, Be An Organ Donor’ in other educational institutions, Regional Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization (ROTTO) PGIMER conducted the organ donation awareness drive at Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 15-C and organized an infotainment session for the NSS volunteers during the ongoing NSS camp in the school premises here. Neena Kalia, Principal, GMSSS Sector 15-C, shared, “The ideology of the NSS is to promote a humanitarian spirit and nothing can instil a better feeling of love for humanity than being instrumental in saving someone’s life.”