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New Delhi, 18 November 2005 :

Press Release

BYPL launches 'Awareness Campaign'

2500 schools to be part of the campaign

A month-long campaign to acquaint school children with various aspects of electricity was inaugurated at a simple but an impressive ceremony by Delhi's Education Minister, Shri Arvinder Singh Lovely today. 

The function, held at BYPL's Shastri Park 66 KV grid, was attended by over 100 school children from Government Sarvodya Senior Secondary School, Shastri Park and Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial School, Jafarabad.  

Those present on the occasion included area MLAs Shri Mateen Ahmed & Shri Narendra Nath, Shri J P Chalasani, Member Executive Committee, BSES, Shri Arun Kanchan, CEO BYPL, and senior government and BSES officials.  

This BYPL initiative included a power-point presentation on 'How to use electricity safely and economically' as well as an interactive Q&A (question and answer) session between electricity engineers and the inquisitive school children. BYPL has infact created a 'Special Classroom' at the grid to ensure that the children are provided an ambience where they feel comfortable to seek a response to their every query.  

Each interaction with the students would last for nearly one hours. The motto of the initiative is to educate the school children about various aspects of the electricity business - generation, transmission and distribution as well as to inculcate in them the habit of using electricity judiciously and intelligently.”  

BSES intends to conduct three to four sessions every day with 50 students in each batch. Each session will be followed by refreshments for the school children. Arrangements have also been made to hand over some company brochures and other informative material.  

Speaking at the occasion, Mr Lovely said, "I congratulate BYPL for taking up this initiative. It was the need of the hour. Electricity is a very scarce resource and we need to use it optimally. Children have a receptive mind and we must harness their potential to ensure that our future generations learn how to use resources properly."  

According to a BSES spokesperson, "Our effort will be to educate as many children as possible under this scheme. BSES has an ambitious plan to cover nearly 2500 government and private schools under this campaign. The response so far has been very encouraging." The spokesman added that BYPL is also prepared to visit the schools, if invited.  

BSES, Delhi's premier power distribution company, is committed to ensuring quality and reliable electricity supply to all its consumers.  

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