The Haryana Government will soon launch a new electricity policy to ensure regular power supply to the industries in the State.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar on Friday said that a new electricity policy will be introduced for the industries in the State. Recently, the State Government had announced its New Enterprises Promotion Policy-2015 to attract investments in Haryana.

Talking about the measures taken to improve power supply in the State, the Chief Minister said that interruption in power supply due to any breakdown in electricity lines is being rectified promptly. Such areas where load is high, necessary actions are being taken to install new sub stations.

laying special emphasis on the need of meeting the electricity requirement of every agriculture farm, industry and household, he said that Haryana Power Generation Corporation is making concerted and continuous efforts to further improve the functioning of its power generation plants and increase power production.

The Chief Minister said that as per the new policy of the State Government, no charges are being collected from the consumers for connecting dhanis to the rural domestic feeders. Apart from this, Protocol Advance Type (PAT) transformers are being set up on each agriculture feeder in the State.

A provision would be made to adjust the amount spent by the farmers on the electricity lines and installation of transformers for their tubewells and dhanis, in their electricity bills. Apart from this, a provision would also be made to get the concerned farmers compensated through the power distribution companies in case some area of their fields has been surrounded by poles or high voltage wires, said Manohar lal.

The Chief Minister further said that with a view to ensure 24 hour power supply in every village and to do away with the problem of high line losses and to encourage the domestic consumers to pay their outstanding bills, a new scheme namely ‘Mahra Gaon Jagmag Gaon’ has been  implemented in the State from July 1.

The scheme which is rolled out in phases in all the selected feeders all over the State has shown a remarkable increase in the billing efficiency and a significant decrease in distribution losses in these areas, he claimed.

During the implementation of the scheme, so far 2,544 new connections were released, 3,112 defective meters were replaced, 10,069 meters were shifted outside the premises and 142.79 KM  lT Aerial Bunched Cable has been provided in the areas under UHBVN, he  said.

The outstanding payment of electricity bills could be paid in five installments and on the payment of its principal amount, surcharge would be waived off. On the payment of all five installments and reducing the line loss to less than 20 per cent, 24 hour power supply would be ensured.