Trivandrum: Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Kerala, inaugurated the Kerala Chapter of the SAKSHAM 2025-26 programme in Thiruvananthapuram today. SAKSHAM (Sanrakshan Kshamata Mahotsav) is an annual month-long, pan-India campaign launched by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) to promote fuel conservation, energy efficiency, and adoption of cleaner energy.
Supported by oil PSUs like Indian Oil, BPCL, and HPCL, the campaign focuses on ‘Conserve Oil, Go Green’this year. The campaign also aims to highlight the adverse health and environmental impacts of rising carbon footprints and to convince consumers to switch to cleaner fuels.
Sabyasachi Gupta, GM (Lubes), KeSO, as the representative of the State Level Coordinator, and Senior officials from other OMCs, KeSO functional heads, and Children from the Army Public School, Thiruvananthapuram, were present at the event.
In his address, the Governor emphasised that taking pledges alone is not enough; true commitment to nature must be practised year-round. He urged everyone, especially youth, to conserve and preserve plants already planted and those planned for the future.
On behalf of the SLC for Kerala and Lakshadweep, Gupta, GM (Lubes), gave details about the operational clarity and motivational guidance on the execution of SAKSHAM. The idea is to convince consumers to switch to cleaner fuels and bring in behavioural change to use fossil fuels intelligently.
The campaign, through various pan-India activities such as Cyclothon, Farmer Workshops, Technical Seminars, Painting Competition, etc., will spread awareness among the masses about the advantages of using clean fuels. The campaign will also spread awareness about keydrivers that collectively would help India move towards cleaner energy.
The key drivers include moving towards a gas-based economy, cleaner use of fossil fuels, greater reliance on domestic sources to drive bio-fuels, achieving renewable targets with the set deadlines, increased use of electric vehicles to decarbonise mobility, increased use of cleaner fuels like Hydrogen, and digital innovation across all energy systems.