Power consumption grows 13.38% in October
New Delhi:India’s power consumption grew 13.38 per cent to 110.94 billion units (BU) in October this year, mainly driven by buoyancy in industrial and commercial activities, as per
Government data. Electricity consumption in the country was recorded at 97.84 BU in October 2019, showed the power ministry data.
Experts earlier last month had exuded confidence that the power consumption would grow by double digits in October on the basis of the extrapolation of half-month data.The power consumption had grown 11.45 per cent to 55.37 BU during October 1 to 15, against 49.67 BU, in the corresponding period a year ago.
Suneet GETS ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF CLW
Chittaranjan: Suneet Sharma , GM/ER has taken over the additional charge of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) in addition to Eastern Railway on 1st November 2020(FN) Prior to his taking over charge as GM/ER from 19th Sept 2019, he was General Manager, Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli. A Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) Officer of 1978 batch, Sharma comes with strong technical background and has expertise in various facets of Railway working. He worked at various levels – Zonal Railways, Workshops, Diesel Loco Sheds. Sharma has 35 years of experience of working in Indian Railways. He has been known for introducing various administrative reforms including simplification of procedure for establishing new benchmarks in Indian Railways.
GM Praveen RETIRES FROM RAILWAY SERVICE
Chittaranjan: Praveen Kumar Mishra, GM retired from railway service on 31st Oct 2020. Remarkable progress has been registered in the production of electric locomotives from CLW during his tenure of about 2 yrs. Total, 853 electric locomotives manufactured during his tenure which is an all time high. On 31st Oct 2020 , the 853rd locomotive, WAG-9HC (32972) was flagged off from CLW by Mishra in presence of Sr officers and staff. In the month of October, 40 locos manufactured . Total 175 locomotives has been produced till Oct 2020 of the present FY 2020-21. This feature will be recorded in the annals of CLW’s history. During his tenure , CLW got Limca Book of World Record for production of 402 & 431 locomotives in a FY 2018-19 & 2019-20 respectively.
Piyush Goyal, Minister for Railways, has appreciated in his letter dated 31-10-20 to his tremendous efforts in streamlining and enhancing the production capacity of CLW to a great extent.
Abhay assumes charge of Director of POWERGRID
Gurgaon: Abhay Choudhary has assumed the charge of Director (Projects) of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID). Prior to this assignment, he has been working as Executive Director (Commercial & Regulatory Cell) along with charge of CMD Coordination Cell. He is an electrical engineering graduate from NIT Durgapur and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IMT Ghaziabad. During his career spanning around 35 years in power sector, he has worked in various capacities in EHV Sub Stations and Transmission lines, both as an Operation & Maintenance executive as well as a construction engineer. Abhay Choudhary is well acquainted with working in difficult terrains and extremist infested areas.
Niranjan takes charge of Chief Secy in Secretariat
Jaipur: Senior Indian Administrative Service officer Niranjan Kumar Arya took charge as Chief Secretary in the Government Secretariat here on Sunday. On this occasion, the Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department, Bhaskar A. Sawant, Government Secretary, Labor Employment, Skills and Entrepreneurship Department, Dr. Neeraj K. Pawan, Special Government Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Department Dr. Arushi Malik, Jaipur Divisional Commissioner Somnath Mishra, Joint Secretary of Chief Secretary Office Mukesh Sharma, Joint Director (Public Relations Department) Arun Kumar Joshi and other Secretariat Service officials and employees were present.