Friday, February 28, 2014

Czech Republic Ambassador calls on Haryana CM

by Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, FEB 28
 Czech Republic has evinced keen interest in mutual cooperation with Haryana in the areas of water management, power and solid waste management.
          The Ambassador of Czech Republic to India Mr. Miloslav Stasek along with Mrs. Andrea Kucerova, Deputy Head of Mission/Political
 made a courtesy call on the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda here today discussed various issues of mutual interest and expressed the desire to exchange business expertise between Czech Republic and Haryana.
          Mr. Miloslav Stasek said that a delegation from Czech Republic would be visiting Haryana in the month of May 2014 to explore and discuss various possibilities of mutual cooperation. He appreciated the development that has taken place in the Haryana during the last few years. He said that Gurgaon is offering a good base to the international entrepreneurs to set up their ventures and apprised Mr. Hooda that the Czech Companies have already set up three projects in Haryana with an investment of about Rs. 18 crore.
          Mr. Hooda said that during the last nine years, the State has witnessed unprecedented development in almost all spheres especially in the National Capital Region (NCR). Haryana surrounds Delhi on three sides, he added. Mr. Hooda emphasized that Haryana has lot of potential for power generation through solar energy. Haryana has 320 days of good quality sunlight available in a year which is very high and could be tapped to generate power. Besides, we also generating power by using sugarcane straw further added Mr. Hooda. He said that the State already has solid waste collection centres and further processing and storage is another area where mutual cooperation could go a long way to serve this purpose.
          Principal Secretary Mr. S.S Dhillon said that the delegation from Czech Republic which is scheduled to visit Haryana should also rope in some solid waste management experts also so as to discuss the technology in the field of solid waste management. On this, Mr. Miloslav Stasek said that Czech technologies are environment friendly and could be extensively used.
          Chief Secretary Mr. S.C Chodhary, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. S.S Dhillon, Deputy Principal Secretary Mr. R.S Doon, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries Mr. Y.S Malik and Managing Director, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructural Development Corporation Mr. Tarun Bajaj were also present in the meeting.
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