Corporation plans major Onam illumination
Wednesday, 22 August 2012 10:36
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The Times of India 22.08.2012
Corporation plans major Onam illuminationTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is going to be a glittering Onam this time for the city residents. The corporation
has decided to go in for a major illumination programme in the city as
part of its onam celebrations. The corporation has reached an agreement
with KSEB to light up all the sodium vapour lamps and high-mast lights
in various stretches that had become dysfunctional since the last few
months. In addition, the entire corporation building will be
lit up with colourful LED lamps. The sudden spurt in electricity charges
is not going to affect corporation's plans. "We run it using a
generator. It costs much less than the actual electricity expense," said
V S Padmakumar, chairman, works standing committee. Besides,
the corporation will also illuminate the Ayyankali square as part of the
onam celebrations. "We have had talks with various firms in this regard
and the square will be decked up with LED lights," added Padmakumar.
The corporation has also decided to chalk out effective parking lots in
view of the bustling traffic during the Onam celebrations. "We
have identified certain spots in the city for parking. We have to
finalize it with the traffic police before the lots can be marked as
parking areas before Onam," said a corporation official. He added that
the corporation will zero in on some of the school and college campuses
in the city for parking. Putharikandam ground will serve as the
main parking lot. "If possible campuses of University college, Fort
high school, Attakulangara UPS might also be used for parking during the
Onam fair. The corporation might also go in for a pay and use parking
system for this Onam," he added.
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Pune Municipal Corporation to facilitate setting up of CNG refilling stations
Wednesday, 22 August 2012 10:28
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The Times of India 22.08.2012 Pune Municipal Corporation to facilitate setting up of CNG refilling stationsPUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will facilitate the setting
up of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) refilling stations in the city,
municipal commissioner Mahesh Pathak said on Tuesday.The issue
came up for discussion in the General Body (GB) meeting on Tuesday.
Pathak said that the PMC will co-operate with the Maharashtra Natural
Gas Limited (MGNL) to start the new refilling stations."The PMC has amenity spaces, vehicle and garbage
depots. We could provide this land for setting up the stations and the
proposal for the same will be tabled before the GB. The PMC will also
ask the MGNL to contact private land owners for setting up refilling
centres" said Pathak.Pathak said that the MGNL could also supply cylinders at existing petrol pumps in the city and continue with offline supply.According to the latest statistics available with the Regional
Transport Office (RTO), around 45,000 rickshaws operate in the city, of
which 17,787 - 39% - run on CNG while another 8,134 run on liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG). This makes for 57% of the city's rickshaws running
on environment-friendly fuel. CNG kits have also been fitted in 4,392
light motor vehicles (cars) in the city.
PMC gives green signal to solar city report
Wednesday, 22 August 2012 10:17
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The Times of India 22.08.2012
PMC gives green signal to solar city report
PUNE: The general body of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on
Tuesday gave its go-ahead to draft a detailed project report (DPR) for
Pune's solar city project."The project, an initiative of the central government, aims at reducing the use of electricity and reducing the carbon footprint," said Mahesh Pathak during the general body meeting.
He said the three main sources of carbon production in the environment
were transportation, water treatment plants and electricity. The project
aims at reducing this carbon production. The project will also
concentrate on promoting renewable energy sources such as solar energy with the aim to reduce usage of electricity by at least 10 per cent.
"The DPR will highlight how to promote solar energy and how to reduce
the electricity usage of streetlights and other public lighting systems.
The central government will give funds for the DPR," Pathak said.
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