In order to generate awareness among the masses about conserving petroleum products, Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight (OGCF) 2015 will be organised.Organised by Petroleum Conservation and Research Association in collaboration with Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), the OGCF 2015 will commence in State capital from January 16 to 31. While talking to the media persons here on Thursday Sanjeev Kumar Jain, GM Indian Oil Conservation and State level Co-ordinator said, “The observation of OGCF started in 1991 in order to spread awareness about the conservation of petroleum products.”
Elaborating further he said, “Energy is an important input for the socio- economic development of a country. We are highly dependent on Fossil fuels as energy sources and demand for petroleum products is increasing day by day. This is a high time for conserving the petroleum products by utilizing these resources in efficient manner. It is every individual's responsibility to use petroleum products judiciously.” Notably, all the Oil and Gas PSUs along with technical bodies and other stakeholders will be actively involved in this Mega Conservation drive.
Informing about the OGCF activities he said, “This year we will focus on giving ‘Training of Drivers of Commercial vehicles for conserving diesel/CNG; Encourage lPG saving in domestic sector through house wives and cooks; Motivation to students for promoting Oil and Gas conservation and Setting up State of Art Training Institutes for Fuel Efficient Driving.”
An appeal would be given to common consumers in conserving fuel in their daily life. Theme of OGCF-2015 is ‘Indhan Bachao Jan Dhan Badhao’. Other activities of OGCF 2015 including publicity vans for OGCF activities, Quiz contest on oil and gas conservation, essay competition on oil and gas conservation in schools, painting competition on oil and gas conservation, street play on oil and gas conservation, Mass rally, marathon run, campaign for promoting fuel efficient stoves, technical meeting on substitution of petroleum products with alternate sources of energy, auto emission check for two, three and four wheelers, training program for drivers, technical meeting on inter fuel substitution.
On the occasion, Tushar kant tiwari senior officer PCRA, Soumitra Ray chief regional manager HPCl, A.K. Sabarwal chief manager, GAIl India ltd and Sanjay Sood Stater Co-ordinator MP/ BPCl were also present.