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Capacity Building Meetings on Electricity Governance - Electricity Consumer Cells (ECC) Tiruvallur and Cuddalore

Electricity Consumer Cells (ECCs), organised capacity building programmes on electricity governance at Bangarampet village, Tiruvallur district and Chidambaram, Cuddalore district on July 20, 2019 and July 21, 2019 respectively. The events primarily focused on imparting knowledge and creating awareness on electricity governance among consumers. Both the capacity building programmes saw participation from different consumer categories such as domestic, commercial, and agricultural.

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Current News: Volume IV, Issue 12, December 2019

Highlights:

  • Consumer guide to grid-connected rooftop solar - Part 7
  • Electric Vehicles - Part 5
  • Tamil Nadu's dependence on central units for power soars
  • India's electricity demand falls for fourth straight month, here's why it matters
  • Consumer Focus - Electricity Ombudsman Order
  • South Korea plans world's largest floating solar plant in Yellow sea
  • ECC Voice - Success Story 

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Current News: Volume IV, Issue 10, October 2019

Highlights:

  • Consumer guide to grid-connected rooftop solar - Part 5
  • Electric Vehicles - Part 3 
  • Tenders floated for first phase of smart meter project in Chennai
  • Solar, wind farms soon along India-Pak border
  • Consumer Focus - Electricity Ombudsman Order
  • Renewable set new records in Germany, but 'second pillar' solar needs to accelerate even further
  • ECC Voice - Reasons for Fuse of Call 

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Road safety data for Chennai obtained through RTIs

For several years, Tamil Nadu has been faring poorly in road safety, leading other states in fatalities and road crashes or coming close to. However, the data on this is not readily available to the public. The only sources of information are the yearly reports by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). These, of course, give only a broad state-level view.

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Road safety data for Tirunelveli obtained through RTIs

For several years, Tamil Nadu has been faring poorly in road safety, leading other states in fatalities and road crashes or coming close to. However, the data on this is not readily available to the public. The only sources of information are the yearly reports by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). These, of course, give only a broad state-level view.

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