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Indian Oil observes Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight 2016

| | Jan 16, 2016, at 11:59 pm
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IBNS): The annual Oil & Gas Conservation Fortnight under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India, was inaugurated on Saturday at Science City in Kolkata by Haider Aziz Safwi, Minister in Charge, Correctional Administration, Government of West Bengal in presence of R. K. Mohapatra, State Level Coordinator (SLC) and General Manager, West Bengal State Office, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Kolkata and other senior officials of the Oil Industry.

On this occasion, the minister joined the lighting of ceremonial lamp ceremony and also flagged off a mobile van for mass awareness of oil and gas conservation.

The oil conservation pledge was taken by all the participants. On the advice of the honourable minister, the pledge was administered by a school student and a extempore speech on oil and gas conservation was given by another school student.

The minister highlighted that due to our high crude imports of around 78%, sufficient funds are not available for developmental work of the nation. He also spoke of clean fuel and conveyed his ministry’s efforts of converting from wood, coal and liquid fuels to LPG in prisons of West Bengal.

This year also, OGCF is being celebrated with a new theme ‘Indhan Ho Swachh, Jan Gan Rahein Swasth’, is to create mass awareness among general public to use clean fuel, adopt technologies for low emissions and also emit less and contribute towards a cleaner environment.

Petroleum Conservation is our joint responsibility and let us collectively commit towards energy independence by practising the three R’s of sustainability, which are - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. On this occasion, let us pledge to protect, preserve and present a clean, green and healthy planet for future generations to come.

The Oil & Natural Gas Conservation Fortnight will conclude on Jan 31 with a valedictory function, enlisting various programs conducted in the period and felicitation of winners of various competitions.
 

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