Pune, June 26 Showing a half-hearted approach in its decisions, the standing committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday withdrew a decision that it had passed last week. The committee pulled out the contract of installing modern street lighting energy management system from one of the three private companies. The project is to be carried out on a number of city roads under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.

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PM Manmohan Singh on Monday hinted that there may not be any alternative to raising fuel prices, even as the government continued to grapple with working out a consensus on measures to tackle high global crude prices. A decision can possibly be taken only by Thursday after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs.

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Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan on Sunday commissioned the 25 MW Neriamangalam Extension Scheme (NES). Dedicating it to the nation, the Chief Minister stressed the need to focus on ensuring energy security for the State. Energy security was as important for the State as its food security, he said. The government was committed to adding an additional 500 MW to the annual power generation in the State, during the coming three years.