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The
Canadian High Commissioner, Mr. Peter Sutherland, will
visit Kolkata April 5-8, 2002. Mr. Sutherland will
inaugurate a power project at Sagar Island on Saturday at
15h30. Chief Minister Mr. Buddhadev Bhattacharya will cut
the ribbon and Mr. Mrinal Banerjee, Minister of Power,
will be present on the occasion.
India-Canada
Environment Facility (ICEF), West Bengal Renewable Energy
Development Agency (WBREDA) and the Ministry of
Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES) have jointly funded
the energy project, which utilizes wind turbines
manufactured by Atlantic Orient Canada, and a wind-diesel
integrated controller system provided by the Canadian
agency Atlantic Wind Test Site. The Rs 7.013 crore Sagar
Island Wind-Diesel project will supply energy in a
decentralized manner to meet the local population needs.
Speaking
about his visit to Sagar Island, Mr. Sutherland said,
"I am pleased the local communities have been
involved right from the planning stage of the project and
they are eagerly looking forward to extended hours of
reliable power supply in their villages."
On
April 8, the High Commissioner will address members of the
Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on Canada-India
business relations at the Bengal Club at 13h15, followed
by a lunch hosted by Mr. Harsh Neotia, President, (CII,
Eastern Region).
At
noon on the same day, Mr. Sutherland will meet with Chief
Minister Mr. Buddhadev Bhattacharya, and at 15h30 with
Director, IIT, Kharagpur, Professor Amitava Ghosh.
Mrs.
Jo-Lynne Sutherland is accompanying the High Commissioner
throughout the program. Additionally, Mrs. Sutherland will
visit two Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
projects on April 8. For the visit to the "Community
Based Project to Mitigate Arsenic Pollution in West
Bengal," she will be accompanied by Mr. Bernard
Boudreau, Director, ICEF. They will launch a video on the
technology used in removing arsenic from ground water. A
visit to the project on the "Human Rights of the
Mentally Disabled in Jails and Vagrant Homes in West
Bengal" completes the program. Mrs Sutherland will
meet with the staff and patients at the SEVAC Mental
Hospital and Rehab. Centre.
For
more information, please contact:
Mr. Subroto Haldar
Assistant to Honorary Consul Consulate of Canada,
Kolkatta Mobile: 9831079555
ccklkta@rpgnet.com
Mr.
Ujjwal Choudhary
Web site: www.cidaindia.org/cida-india-news3.htm
Project Director,
ICEF 86,
Paschmi Marg Vasant Vihar,
New Delhi, 110054
Tel: (11) 614-4051,
Fax: (11) 614-7827
http://www.cidaindia.org/cida-india-news3.htm
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