Haryana’s Additional Chief Secretary, Energy, TC Gupta, has lauded the arrangement of 24-hour power supply in Madhya Pradesh for the public and for 10 hours for farmers. He said that SCADA, power distribution training centre and tripping monitoring system are being effectively implemented in Madhya Pradesh.

Gupta was studying the power distribution system of Madhya Pradesh at the Central Region Power Distribution Company headquarters in Govindpura on Monday.

Additional Chief Secretary Gupta sought information about the power supply, billing, meter reading, revenue collection, online bill payment, IT effort and other power distribution arrangements being made by the Central Region Power Distribution Company. Gupta sought detailed information about information from the SCADA control room of the SCADA system 33/11 sub-centers and 33/11 KV in Bhopal city and the system repairing the malfunction of the lines.

On this occasion, information about the Power Distribution Training Centre, the largest training centre in the power sector in Central India, was explained in detail. The centre imparts training to assistant engineers, junior engineers, line staff and from the clerical personnel to the higher officials. On this occasion, Additional Chief Secretary Gupta told about the power distribution system of cities like Haryana’s Gurugram, Faridabad and Rohtak. He said that smart meters are being installed in Haryana and meter readings are being taken without human intervention. Senior officials were present on the occasion.