The Punjab Government on Tuesday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) to jointly address the issues pertaining to climate change, sustainable development, conservation and optimal use of water and other critical resources, energy conservation and efficiency.
Highly appreciating the joint efforts taken by the Teri and the Science Technology, Environment & Non-conventional Energy department in the signing of this historic agreement, Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal hoped this unique initiative would go a long way in evolving a concrete policy to promote research and development especially in the areas of climate change, renewable energy, energy efficiency, water management, pollution abatement, agriculture, forestry and biotechnology.
He urged Director General of Teri, Rajendra K Pachauri to set up another institute in Punjab under his able guidance and leadership in collaboration with Punjab Agricultural University to give a further impetus in the ongoing agricultural research besides tackling the problem of poor quality of water in some parts of the state due to the presence of uranium and other heavy metals.
