New Delhi, Jan 17: Delhi has bagged an award from the Centre as the best performing state in small states category for excellent support and cooperation extended by it for various oil and gas conservation activities.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan gave the award to the Delhi government at a function organised at the DRDO Bhawan here on Saturday.
In a statement, Delhi government said this award is given for excellent support and cooperation extended by it for various oil and gas conservation activities organised by the state-level coordinator during Oil & Gas Conservation Fortnight (OGCF) 2015.
The Union minister today also launched the OGCF 2016 and appreciated the city government’s odd-even scheme that concluded on Friday.
Pradhan congratulated the Delhi government for the pilot initiative in the national capital which has got appreciation from all sections of the society apart from all government agencies, the statement said.
