Plan to supply power to rural consumers on urban mode

by Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH, NOV 29

The Haryana Power Distribution Corporations (Discoms) have a plan to supply power to consumers in rural areas on urban mode. The Discoms have offered the villagers to reduce Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses in their villages up to 25 per cent and get domestic supply on urban mode that is for 20 hours a day, provided every household gets metered connection and all the meters are shifted outside the house. 

                        The Chairman and Managing Director, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Mr. Devender Singh said here today that the Discoms have offered  to give urban domestic power supply to their consumers in villages on urban mode if they reduce the AT and C losses below 25 per cent, in those tranches in proportion to loss reduction. If they reduce one third of the existing AT and C losses by more than 25 per cent, supply to their village would be increased from present 11 hours a day to 14 hours a day. With the further one third reduction, they would be given supply for 17 hours a day. By achieving the level of losses up to 25 per cent, the village would be given domestic supply for 20 hours a day as  being supplied at present  in urban areas. For example, in case there are 55 per cent existing losses in a village, with the reduction in losses up to 45 per cent, the village will get supply for 14 hours a day and with the reduction up to 35 per cent, the village would get supply for 17 hours a day and further after achieving the level of AT and C losses below 25 per cent, the village would get domestic power supply for 20 hours a day.

              Mr. Devender Singh said that to opt this attractive scheme of the Discoms, the villagers are required to ensure that each house in the village takes a regular power connection, all meters are relocated outside the houses on outer walls or poles and all damaged and old mechanical meters are replaced with new electronic meters.

   He said that on request by Panchayats, the Nigams would organize camps in the villages to give on the spot connections in the houses having no regular power connections. All damaged and old meters would be replaced on days of the camps. However, no theft case would be framed on finding any kind of irregularity in the meters on the day of camp, but the irregularities would be corrected.