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President Sirisena launches National Energy Conservation Month with 4-km road run
View(s):A campaign on energy conservation was launched yesterday with a public event, under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena and Power and Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka, in Colombo.
A promotional race ‘Javana Shakti Yatra’, the first stage of the ‘Hetak Venuwen Ratak’ (A Country for Tomorrow) programme for this year’s National Energy Conservation Month, began at Independence Square yesterday morning.
Before the race began, President Sirisena took the ‘Energy’ pledge, and 5,000 gas balloons with the pledge printed on them were released.
The exhibition race had over 5,000 participants, among them were the Army Commander, the Navy Commander, Military officers and senior Government officials. After covering four kilometers they arrived back at Independence Square.
The race aims to focus attention on saving electricity and fuel by 10% and also to encourage the use of human labour instead of fuel and electricity, wherever possible.
At the end, Minister Ranawaka presented the Chairman of the Athletic Association of Sri Lanka, Sugath Thilakaratne, with the title of Energy Conservation Brand Manager for training the participants.