Haryana Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister, Ranjit Singh on Sunday said that new schemes are being implemented to improve and strengthen the power system of the State.

The new schemes being implemented are expected to support the consumers, the Minister said. He said that the government's effort is to reduce the line losses so that electricity rates can be reduced.

This will also benefit the consumers who pay the bills honestly, the Minister said while interacting with the general public at the power panchayat held in Hisar.

He said that not only the general consumer but also government offices and institutions have been included in the endeavour of improving the electricity system and it is an achievement of the government that out of the pending electricity bill of Rs 1,500 crore towards the government departments, about Rs  1,150 crores have been recovered and there is only Rs  350 crores left which will also be recovered soon.

Panchayat members of villages of Hisar and Fatehabad districts were specially called in the power panchayat, where the number of pending electricity bills of consumers is high.

The Minister said that a new program called Bijli Panchayat has been started to make good relations between the government and power consumers in the state and to make the common man a good consumer.This will motivate the people of those villages whose pending electricity bills are more than average.

The time will be extended to supply power in villages and reforms like replacement of electric poles, installation of new transformers as per requirement will be done on priority basis, he said.