Energy Sector - 2

[Capt M Kumar]

<img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Energy-intensive measures already in place are the increase in plant load factor and decreasng T&D losses, the 2200-km-long state-wide gas grid, the securing of huge deposits of oil and gas in the state, India and abroad, making electricity a common man’s infrastructure in all villages and the establishing the country’s biggest CNG and LNG infrastructure. The state is emerging as the country’s petro-capital.



Rain water is being conserved through thousands of check dams, bori bandhs, khet talavadis, deepened wells and recharged city ponds. The government has been encouraging micro-irrigation and provides subsidies/loan to farmers swtiching to drip irrigation. A rationally worked out power supply to farmers has helped increase crop and milk production.



Ahmedabad, ridiculed as India’s most polluted city in 2003, has won UN’s recognition as the Green City of 2009; Surat has been named the Asian City of CC, an international model by Rockefeller Foundation.

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