Power companies have a significant role in the development of the country especially North-east India. Role of DVC is also vital in inclusive growth of the country; DVC has contributed a significant role in the upliftment of the society which can never be forgotten, said Jagarnath Mahato, Education Minister Jharkhand.
Mahato was speaking during the concluding session of “Ujjwal Bharat Ujjwal Bhavishya Power 2047” programme organized at Chandrapura Thermal Power Station (CTPS) Chandrapura— a unit of DVC on Saturday.
The Minister said, Jharkhand Government has announced to provide 100 units of electricity to the poor per month free of cost, it will be implemented immediately. He urged the Central Government that the Government of India should also cooperate in providing free electricity to the people of Jharkhand.
Criticizing over the number of schemes the minister said that they are not providing the royalty amount of Jharkhand government, which resulted in hindering the development in the state.
Besides others, Gomia MLA Lambodar Mahato, Bokaro Deputy Commissioner Kuldeep Chaudhary, Deputy Development Commissioner Kirti Shreeji, DVC Chief Engineer and Project Head Ajay Kumar Dutta, Deputy Chief Engineer SK Sharma, PC Sahu, Ramesh Pandey, Bermo Sub-Divisional Officer Ananth Kumar , Dr. KP Singh, Vivek Kumar, Shakti Kumar, Sandeep Kumar Madheshia, Renu Bala, Neetu Singh, Santosh Kumar Pandey, Ajay Kumar Mahto, Santan Singh, Anil Kumar Mahto, Chandni Parveen, Vigan Mahto, Mithilesh Tiwari, Jadu Mahto, Anita Gupta, Vipin Kumar Sinha, Manish Kumar, Sujit Kumar, Nikku Kumari, Rajiv Ranjan, Ravindra Kumar, Akshay Kumar, Umesh Kumar Sharma, MK Jha, Rajiv Kumar Tiwari, Kuldeep Kumar, KC Gudiya, Tapan Kumar Das, Subhash Dubey, Badal Mahali, Rohit Kumar, Vinod Dubey, Awadhesh Kumar, Praful Bhandari and other public representatives and local people were present on the occasion.
The function started with the National Anthem, welcome song and Santhali Dance by the students of Kendriya Vidyalaya. Street plays were presented by Dharohar Sanstha and dance by trainees of the sewing center of DVC CSR. The function also screened three short films released by the Government of India on the utility, generation and development of the country through electricity.
In the programme, Senior Divisional Engineer Rajiv Ranjan received a detailed report from Vasanti Tuddu and former chief Anil Kumar Mahato on the utility of electricity and the problem of electricity in the previous years. The function was conducted by Sanskrita Sinha and vote of thanks by Nodal Officer Ashok Kumar Tiwari.