Event Reports

The United Nations established the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) in 2005, designating the third Sunday of November each year as a day to honour those killed or injured on the roads, along with their families, friends, and communities. Given the alarming rate of road crashes in India, this observance is particularly significant for Indian road users. With the right measures, many of these tragic incidents could have been prevented and this day serves as a reminder for collective responsibility in creating safer roads.

CAG’s Energy Clubs are designed to provide students with knowledge about sustainable energy practices and environmental stewardship. This report documents the activities that young members of the Chennai High School, Goyyathope club participated in. They learnt about the effects of light pollution, the importance of energy conservation, energy efficiency audits, environmental pollution from power plants, and the importance of solar energy.

The 15th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, (Safety 2024) was held from September 2-4, 2024 in New Delhi, with a focus on global efforts in areas such as road safety and drowning prevention.  With the theme "Building a Safer Future for All: Equitable and Sustainable Strategies for Injury and Violence Prevention", Safety 2024 highlighted global efforts to reduce injury and violence, particularly among vulnerable populations like children and adolescents.

Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG), Chennai, in association with the Consumer Rights Movement organised a capacity building workshop on the topics of Energy Efficiency, and Renewable Energy on October 07, 2024, at Hotel Srinivasa, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu. This workshop aimed to raise consumer awareness and help them participate in the clean energy transition, by empowering participants with essential knowledge. The workshop catered to consumer group representatives and members of the general public.

Consumer Protection Association (CPA) in partnership with Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG) is implementing a project titled "Accelerating Clean Energy Transition by Improving Stakeholder Participation for Electricity Governance in India" in the state of Tripura. The project was formally launched in Agartala on March 9, 2024. As part of the project, a seminar on ‘Clean Energy Transition and Electricity Governance’ was organized at Town Hall, Dharmanagar, North Tripura District on September 28, 2024.

Capacity Building Workshop on ‘Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Twinning the Actions in Andhra Pradesh in the context of Clean Energy Transition’

Seminar on Electricity Issues - Agartala

Local Forum Meeting at Madikeri, Coorg

The 2nd Local Electricity Forum meeting was organised on 17th September 2024 at Salem. The meeting was inaugurated by Ms.Jennis, Managing Trustee, Jennis Educational Trust. She appreciated the Consumer Rights Movement and CAG, Chennai, for organising such a meeting. The participants were domestic, and commercial consumers, representatives from handloom and ornaments labour associations.  

A seminar on electricity governance, energy efficiency and renewable energy was conducted at Hotel Cambin in Durg district on 25th September 2024. The seminar was conducted in collaboration with Anmol Foundation, Chhattisgarh. Around 40 participants comprising farmers, students, businessmen, media representatives, academics and residential consumers attended the event. Mr. Harbansh Singh Miri, Joint Collector of Durg and Mr.Uttam Kumar, Deputy Collector were chief guests at the event.