Chhattisgarh has won three national awards in power sector including investments in power sector and infrastructure development. Principal Secretary of Energy Department Aman Kumar Singh has won the award of best bureaucrat for distinguished services in power sector, officials said.
The officials said that Resident Commissioner of Chhattisgarh BV Umadevi received the two awards in the 8th ENERTIA Awards - 2014 ceremony held at New Delhi on Thursday.
Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) received the ‘Pradeep Pimpley Grassroot Innovation Award’ for developing water purification equipment with use of solar energy. The award was received by Superintending Engineer RK Shankar, officials said.
It is worth mentioning that the State has done commendable work in the field of power generation, transmission and distribution under the leadership of Chief Minister Raman Singh during the past few years. Chhattisgarh is the zero power cut State since 2008. The State has received first prize for surplus power generation and heading towards the target of production of 70,000 MW power by the end of 12th five year plan, officials said.
The State has completed electrification in 97 per cent villages and received investment proposals to the tune of 1.92 lakh crores while the transmission and distribution losses have been reduced from 26.72 per cent to 19.79 per cent.
Aman Kumar Singh has been selected for the best performing bureaucrat in power sector. He has many achievements to his credit including establishing the first geothermal power plant of the country in Tatapani of Balrampur district, transforming the State from power deficit State to power surplus state and significant progress in the field power generation and infrastructure.