Oldest field army celebrates its raising day
Pune based headquarters, southern command celebrated 124th raising day with splendour. Southern Command is the oldest field Army which has not only been successful in maintaining the sovereignty of its responsibility but has also relentlessly contributed towards nation building during this glorious journey. The command has proved its mettle in various operations and has also helped immensely in various Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) missions in Southern India, the more recent ones being relief operations during Chennai floods of 2015, Gujarat/Rajasthan floods of 2017 and building the foot-overbridges at three locations in Mumbai in record time.
AAI ties up with CIDC for skill development
Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on March 28 for financial assistance for employment oriented training and skill development programme for SC/ST/OBC/Women, Unemployed Youth and people belonging to EWS. This CSR initiative of AAI, to be implemented during 2018-19, will have 2000 beneficiaries. The MOA was signed by Sanjeev Jindal GM, CSR, AAI and Ashutosh Bhardwaj, director, corporate affairs of CIDC. The program is aimed at providing job oriented skill development and training to the economically weaker sections.
BSF organises aquatic and cross-country championship
Border Security Force is organising 66th All India Police aquatic and cross country championship at BSF Chhawla camp from April 2 to 6 in a befitting manner. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju attended the opening ceremony on April 2 at Rustamji Swimming Pool, BSF Camp Chhawla as chief guest and formally inaugurated the session in the presence of DG BSF and representatives of various CAPFs and other dignitaries. MoS (Home) also took salute of the impressive March past by participating contingents of CAPFs and other State/UT police organisation. Total 595 sports personnel from 27 teams are participating in this championship.
Railway honours employees with safety awards
In keeping with the practice of honoring employees, whose alertness and prompt actions have resulted in averting a possible accident, the safety awards were given for meritorious services by Northern Railway. Around nine employees were honored at the ceremony held at Northern Railway headquarters office, Baroda House, New Delhi.
REC bags two awards at Dainik Bhaskar India Pride Award
REC received two awards during the ninth edition of India Pride Award organised by Dainik Bhaskar Group at an awards ceremony held on March 28. Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, gave away the eminent award to CMD Dr PV Ramesh for Excellence in Navratna and Director Finance Ajeet Agarwal for HOD in Finance category. The Union Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan also joined the occasion and congratulated the winners for excelling in their fields.
BHEl commissions 330 MW Kishanganga HEP in J&K
With the commissioning of the third 110 MW hydro generating unit, Bharat Heavy Electricals limited (BHEl) has successfully commissioned the prestigious 330 MW Kishanganga Hydro-Electric Project (HEP) in J&K. The first and second units of the project were also recently commissioned in the month of March. Notably, all the three units of Kishanganga HEP have been commissioned within a short span of 18 days. The 3 x 110 MW Kishanganga HEP will be able to generate 1,350 Million Units (MU) of clean electricity annually, facilitating reduction of greenhouse emissions. BHEl was entrusted with execution of the Electro-Mechanical (E&M) package for the project comprising design, manufacture, supply, installation and commissioning of Vertical Shaft Pelton Turbines and matching synchronous Generators, Controls and Monitoring (SCADA) System along with electrical and mechanical auxiliaries.
CMD, OIl calls on Manipur CM
Utpal Bora, Chairman and Managing Director, Oil India limited (OIl) along with Dr P Chandrasekaran, Director (E&D) and a team from OIl called on the Chief Minister of Manipur, Nongthombam Biren Singh on March 29 at Imphal. The meeting was attended by concerned ministers and officials of the state government. Bora apprised Chief Minister about the ongoing activities in Manipur carried out by OIl under the National Seismic Programme (NSP), a flagship programme of the government under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The NSP aims to undertake a fresh appraisal in all sedimentary basins across India, especially where no/scanty data is available, to have a better understanding of the hydrocarbon potential of India. Under this programme, OIl was assigned to carry out 870 km line seismic survey in Manipur out of which only 4.5 km could be achieved in the last field season.