Speaking on the occasion, Shri Pradhan said that in India, there is an acute need to bring about awareness about clean fuel and fuel conservation. He said the Country has committed in COP-21 meeting recently to bring down the carbon footprint, and the way forward is through clean fuel and fuel conservation. He said that Conservation of precious fuel resources has to be a sustained and voluntary process, and the Government is committed to generate awareness, educate and inform people about this. Shri Pradhan said that year long programmes should be chalked out to achieve this end.
Mr. Pradhan said that the Government is supporting 100% LPG connected smokeless villages. He called upon the Oil Marketing Companies to spread awareness among the drivers about the benefit of switching off the engines during traffic jams and long stoppages.
Dharmendra Pradhan administered oath of conservation to the participants of the event. He also gave away awards to various coordinators and Companies for promoting fuel conservation, and to school children for winning various essay and drawing competitions on the theme. The Minister also flagged off a publicity van to states of Northern India to spread Conservation awareness.
The Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, K D Tripathi, and other senior officers of the Ministry, Oil PSUs, State Governments and school children participated in the event.