by Suman Gupta
Saturday, 1st March, 2025 at Yashwantrao Chavan Centre, opp. Mantralaya, Nariman point, Mumbai
Saksham 2024-25 Saurakahan Kshamata Mahotsava is an important national program initiated by government of India for energy security, sustainable development and environment protection of our country.
The ultimate goal of the program is to curb wasteful expenditure on fossil fuel, reduce the growing burden on foreign exchequer and protect the environment from the adverse effect of green house gases emanating from burning of fossil fuels.
Ministry of Petroleum & natural gas and State level coordinators of oil industry take up various initiatives with the active involvement/ support from the concerned state government to spread mass awareness .
Oil marketing companies ( OMCs ) have been in the forefront to create mass awareness towards conservation of petroleum products, promoting fuel-efficient equipment and helping the government in proposing politics and strategies for petroleum conservation.
With the same earnest Saksham ( Saurakahan Kshamata Mahotsava) 2024-26 is organised during 14th February to 28th February 2025, with a tagline Cleaner Environment through Green and Clean Energy all over the country.
During Saksham campaign, OMCs will reach out to various mass segments such as School children, Youths, lpg users, drivers / fleet operators, industry personnel / workers , farmers, residential societies, Gram panchayats , NGOs etc. with various fuel conservation activities to propagate awareness about the importance, benefits and methods of fuel conservation and also to promote adoption of fuel-efficient technologies and practices.
Various activities to be done during Fortnight like Group Talks / Debates for school & college students, Graffiti / wall painting competition in colleges , Fuel efficient driving competition, Article writing, Press conferences and talk shows on Tv / Radio.
The winners of the group talk / debate competitions held in school and colleges as well as their teachers were rewarded for their outstanding contribution in fuel and oil conservation.
As an end of Saksham fortnight, athe State level coordinator Maharashtra on behalf of Oil Companies has organised ” Valedictory Function on 1st March 2025 at 11 am in Yashwantrao B Chavan Centre, Rangswar Hall , Opposite Mantralaya, Mumbai.
