Kovai pumps Co bags EESL’s Rs 150 cr order

The AgDSM program is aimed to replace existing inefficient agriculture pumps with BEE five star rated energy efficient pump-sets along with Internet of Things (IoT) enabled smart control panels with estimated energy saving potential of 25 per cent. These pump-sets are provided at free of cost to farmers with free maintenance for five years.  The project will cover over 40,000 farmers in Andhra Pradesh. CRI is a Coimbatore based fluid management solutions provider with a global presence catering to all types of industrial and institutional fluid application pumps, motors, valves, residential and agriculture pump-sets. 

The order follows by CRI Pumps taking up a pilot project eight years ago in Maharashtra – the only company to do so, initiated by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India to reduce electricity consumption used for irrigation. The average efficiency range of BEE Star rated Energy Efficient Pump-sets is 40 to 50 per cent compared to 20 to 30 per cent of existing pump-sets. Saurabh Kumar, MD, EESL said, “The implementation of AgDSM programme is crucial as electricity bills for agricultural pump-sets are being paid by government in the form of subsidy. Currently, over two crore pump-sets are used in agriculture in India consuming 173.2 billion units of electricity per annum.”