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New Indian Express
6 days ago
- Business
- New Indian Express
Minister Sridhar pitches clean energy push at Urja Manthan 2025
HYDERABAD: IT & Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu on Thursday called for a stronger Centre-state collaboration to accelerate India's shift towards sustainable energy. The minister was speaking at the Urja Manthan 2025 conference, organised by the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The conference, chaired by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, deliberated on energy security, green fuel adoption and cooperative federal strategies. While showcasing Telangana's progressive initiatives under its Clean & Green Energy Policy, Sridhar Babu urged the Centre to expand City Gas Distribution networks beyond Hyderabad to tier-2 towns, increase investments in Bhagyanagar Gas Limited, and set up more CNG stations to improve piped gas access in urban and semi-urban areas. To meet industrial and domestic energy demands, the minister proposed joint Centre-state financing for new LNG and CNG terminals. He also emphasised the potential of Telangana's agricultural waste, recommending large-scale investments in Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) plants and the adoption of waste-to-energy technologies in agri-rich zones. Sridhar Babu further sought incentives for MSMEs and industries under schemes such as SATAT and the National Green Hydrogen Mission to promote clean fuel adoption across sectors. Highlighting Telangana's strategic position along the East-West pipeline corridor, he urged the Centre to strengthen pipeline infrastructure and make additional investments to support low-cost, gas-based industrialisation.
The Hindu
6 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
Speed up CGD infra in smaller towns of TG: Sridhar Babu
Industries and IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu, on Thursday, highlighted the need for accelerated rollout of City Gas Distribution (CGD) infrastructure across Tier-2 towns in Telangana to ensure equitable access to clean energy. He called upon the Centre to facilitate more investments in the GAIL (India) - HPCL joint venture Bhagyanagar Gas towards setting up additional CNG stations in urban and semi-urban areas, the Telangana Information Centre in New Delhi said in a release on the Minister's participation in a conference, organised by the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Mr. Sridhar Babu underscored the necessity for deeper Centre-State collaboration to propel India's clean energy transition and showcased Telangana's progressive initiatives under its Clean & Green Energy Policy 2025. The Minister, who was accompanied by Director of Industries Nikhil Chakravarthy, said that Telangana is committed to playing a vital role in India's energy security. He reiterated the State's readiness to serve as a national model for stable and sustainable energy development. 'With proactive policies, digital infrastructure and industrial preparedness, Telangana is ready to lead India's clean energy revolution,' he told the Urja Manthan 2025 conference, in which Ministers from 22 States deliberated on energy security, clean fuel adoption and intergovernmental cooperation. Citing Telangana's strategic location along the East-West gas pipeline corridor, he urged for enhanced infrastructure and Central investments to support low-cost, gas-based industrialisation. He also sought Central incentives for MSMEs and industries under schemes like SATAT and the National Green Hydrogen Mission. Co-financing of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural has (CNG) terminals by both Central and State governments; promoting investments in compressed bio-gas plants to utilise Telangana's agricultural waste; measures to set up new CBG units and adopting innovative waste-to-energy technologies in agriculture-dense regions were other points the Minister highlighted.
