Ujjwal Bharat ,Ujjawal Bhavisya-Bijli Mahotsav

Namchi,30th July (IPR) : Bijli Mahotsav kickstarted on 25th July 22 across all Districts in the country. The grand finale of Bijli Mahotsav in Sikkim was organised at Government Girls’ Senior Secondary School Namchi,today .
The program was held under the banner of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav ‘-to celebrate 75 years of India’s Independence and was organised by the Ministry of power in association with the District Administration, Power Dept, Government of Sikkim and NHPC limited .
The program was attended by Shri Pintso Namgyal lepcha ,Hon’ble MLA cum-Advisor, Power Department, Government of Sikkim as the Chief Guest of the event and had the presence of Shri Ganesh Chettri PCE -cum-Secretary, Power Department, Shri S.P.Mukherjee ,Executive Director NHPC and CPSE State Nodal Officer, DC Namchi Shri M.Bharani Kumar ,Senior Officers from NHPC and other dignitaries.
It was a National level celebration attended by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi ,who addressed the participants and beneficiaries from over 100 districts across the country through virtual mode. He also interacted with the beneficiaries of various schemes in the power sector.
The Hon’ble PM also launched the Ministry of power’s Flagship Reform Based Distribution Sector Scheme which is aimed at improving the operational efficiencies and financial sustainability of distribution companies. It is also proposed to provide 25 crore smart prepaid meters to consumers all the over country.
The PM also launched the National portal for Rooftop Solar, which will enable online tracking of the process of installation of rooftop solar plants, starting from registering the applications to release of subsidy in residential consumers (beneficiaries) bank account after installation and inspection of the plant .
The estimated capacity under the National solar rooftop program is 4000 MW. This will be a major step towards realising the solar rooftop potential of the Nation and will contribute towards India’s target to produce 500 GW energy through non -fossil fuels committed in COP-26.