Despite officials of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board saying mitigation efforts are being taken, locals and activists allege there is hardly any change on the ground.
India looking to cut energy import dependence, diversify imports, says PM Modi
India
Updated: Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 17:37 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid the foundation of key projects of the oil and gas sector in Tamil Nadu through video conferencing.
While addressing the event, Modi said, In 2019-2020, India imported over 85% of oil & 53% of gas to meet domestic demand. I don t want to criticize anyone but I want to say, had we focused on these projects much earlier our middle class would not be burdened. India is now increasing focus on ethanol to help farmers & consumers. We are furthering urges of solar power to become the leader in the sector & are encouraging public transport to make people s life productive & easy, he said.