The Bharat Aluminium Company limited ( BAlCO) has bagged the C.I.I. National Award for displaying excellent performance in the area of Energy Conservation.
The company has won the ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit Award’ won in Metal Group, a company press release informed.
This apart, the company has also won the National Energy Conservation Award from BEE — First Prize in Aluminium. The Convention and Award Ceremony was organised in the International Convention Centre in Hyderabad.
Ramesh Nair, BAlCO's Chief Executive Officer and Whole-time Director congratulated the company's staff.
BAlCO got the award for reducing connected load in Plant lighting from 2.7 MW to 1.6 MW. Running of two wire Rod Mills from 2 furnaces of Cast House -3, For Reduction in Specific HFO consumption from 52 lt per Baked Anode to 46 lt per Baked Anode.
BAlCO won the maximum point for its excellent presentations in the Metal Sector, it stated. This apart, BAlCO and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) have started watershed project over 1,700 acers of land that will cover three villages in Korba district.
This scheme will run over a period of five years and the first phase of scheme that is focused at capacity building was launched by CGM NABARD Dr RM Kumur at Songudha village. While launching the program Dr Kumur said that NABARD was ready to assist villagers completely in this program.
While expressing happiness over this project he termed the mission very beneficial for farmers.
“This project is going to increase the water level in targeted area that in turn will help the villagers in adding different other kinds of livelihood means,” Dr Kumur said and called upon the women living in those area to participate in various livelihood promoting activities through self-help groups.
Meanwhile, CSR Head of BAlCO Ashish Ranjan in his address informed the gathering about importance and success of similar other watershed projects run by NABARD in different other places.