Hry CM accords approval to testing facilities
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has accorded approval to a proposal for setting up a centralized/multifarious testing facility accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), in every district, so that all test related to agriculture, food, soil, environment, and health, water etc can be carried out under one roof. A spokesman said, at present, only four NABL accredited labs are operational in Karnal, Gurugram, Kurukshetra and Kaithal. But labs are conducting testing of potable water quality only. With the Chief Minister’s present approval these labs will be upgraded to multifarious testing labs. Recently, the Chief Minister had directed the officers for setting up a centralized or multifarious testing facility in 18 districts and upgrading existing four labs too.
SJVN SMD Sharma calls on Governor
Shimla: Chairman and Managing Director of Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) Limited Nand Lal Sharma called on Governor Bandaru Dattatraya at Raj Bhavan. In his courtesy call, Sharma apprised the Governor about the contribution of SJVN in power generation. He said, power stations of SJVN achieved highest ever cumulative generation of 9678 million units in the financial year 2019-20. The present installed capacity of the SJVN was 2015.2 MW, which included 1912 MW of hydro power, 97.6 MW of wind power and 5.6 MW of solar power. SJVN has recently entered into MoUs with Government of Himachal Pradesh for implementation of eight hydro projects. The total capacity of these projects were 2388 MW and the development of these projects involved investment of Rs. 24,000 crores, he informed.
ULBs to benefit from TULIP: Himachal UD MIN
Shimla: Himachal Urban Development Minister Sarveen Chaudhary said, “The Urban Learning Internship Program (TULIP) has been launched with a vision to equip the youth with problem-solving and critical thinking skills in India’s fast-growing urban ecosystem.” With the objective to enhance livelihood security in urban areas by providing 120 days of guaranteed wage employment to every household in the financial year 2020-21, the State Government has launched Mukhya Mantri Shahri Ajeevika Yojna, as well. It would facilitate skill enhancement of persons engaged in waged labour jobs to provide them better livelihood opportunities and to set up their own enterprises by imparting entrepreneurship trainings as well as subsidy linked credit linkages, he said.
PEDA holds training on energy conservation
Chandigarh: Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) in association with Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) under the aegis of Ministry of Power, GOI organized training on Municipal Demand Side Management (MuDSM) through webinar which was well attended by officials of Urban Local Bodies, MCs, PWDs, improvement trust and DISCOM. Arijit Sengupta, Director, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), GoI addressed the participants about the need for energy conservation and initiatives taken by BEE in this direction. MP Singh, Director, PEDA and Manav Jain, Senior Town Planner, Department of Local Bodies, Government of Punjab motivated the participants to improve the energy efficiency and water efficiency in the municipal demand side.
Congress preparing to spearhead protests
Chandigarh: City Congress chief Pardeep Chhabra spoke strongly in support of the people of Bapudham area who are a facing huge problems related to jobs, work and daily livelihood and have been further put under stress and difficulty due to the advisory issued by Chandigarh Administration that people should avoid taking services of Bapudham residents. Chhabra said that the Chandigarh Congress will hold a meeting through video conferencing tomorrow and discuss the issues of opening up of the pockets of Bapudham area which have no active cases along with discussion on the issue of setting up of Animal Cremation Plant. He said, Congress is determined to not let go of these two issues and will strongly protest the issues and take them to their logical conclusion.