Haryana CM inaugurates project ‘Parivartan’

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Haryana CM inaugurates project ‘Parivartan’

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 | PNS | Chandigarh

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday inaugurated project 'Parivartan' in Gurugram under which 600 diesel-run three-wheelers will be replaced by e-three wheelers in the first phase.

Under this initiative, e-auto rickshaws in place of diesel three-wheelers will run in Gurugram with the joint efforts of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), Gurugram Regional Traffic Authority and the Traffic Police.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said environmental pollution is a matter of concern and vehicular pollution is a major problem.

"Under the 'Parivartan' project, this drive has been started from Gurugram and a target has been set to run 5,000 e-vehicles. This project would be started not only in Gurugram but also in other metropolitan cities of Haryana," Khattar said while talking to the mediapersons.

He said under this project, the old diesel auto rickshaws will be converted into e-auto rickshaws or e-rickshaw. For this a provision has been made to provide subsidy from the MCG and 'Fame India' and loan arrangements are also being made through banks, he added.

After the inauguration, the Chief Minister also took a ride in a three-wheeler. His cavalcade along with other police vehicles also followed the three-wheeler. Later, the Chief Minister got down at Rajiv Chowk and also gave fare to the three-wheeler driver.

WASTE TO ENERGY PLANT SET-UP IN GANNAUR INAUGURATED

The Chief Minister digitally inaugurated the 'Waste-to Energy' Plant set up at Ganaur from Gurugram. In this plant, waste from Sonipat and Panipat clusters will be disposed of and electricity will also be generated.  About the 'Waste-to Energy' plant set up at a cost of Rs 176.87 crore, the Chief Minister said that this project, prepared on a public private partnership basis, will dispose of 750 tonne of waste per day, while it will also generate 8 MW of power which will be given to the grid.

Its concessionaire is JBM Enviro and the concession period of the project is 22 years. The waste of Local Bodies of Sonipat and Panipat districts will be disposed of in this plant. This plant set up in Gannaur will dispose of 750 tonne of waste per day by 2035, he said.

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