Union Minister of State for Power, Piyush Goyal on Thursday assured assistance to Haryana Government for providing smart meters to 56 lakh consumers of Haryana within two years.
The Union Minister who was called on by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal in New Delhi, said that with a view to save the consumption of power, the consumers should be encouraged to install lEDs at their places.
Taking a note of this, the Chief Minister quickly issued directions to the concerned authorities to start this task by installing lEDs in all the Government offices.
The Union Minister said that Haryana Government should make efforts to provide good quality power supply on cheaper rates to the consumers and those helping in reduction of line losses should be provided with 24 hours power supply.
Piyush Goyal also directed to provide uninterrupted power supply to district Gurgaon.
The Union Minister also applauded ‘Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon’ scheme launched by Haryana Government.
The Chief Minister apprised Piyush Goyal that the scheme has been launched on July 1, 2015 to address the issues of high line losses and arrears in rural domestic sector.
Manohar lal said that under this scheme, one best rural domestic feeder of 83 rural constituencies has been selected and the supply hours of such feeders have been increased from 12 to 15 hours. The supply hours of the feeder would be increased to 18 hours on shifting of meters outside the residences and replacement of naked wires with insulated cables.
Further, 21 hours power supply would be given on regular payment of 90 per cent on energy supplied in the village, he added.
Manohar lal said that the arrear could be paid in five installments and surcharge would be waived off after the payment of complete principal amount. 24 hours power supply would be given on reduction of losses below 20 per cent and payment of all the five installments of arrears.
The Chief Minister added that at present, 83 feeders covering about 230 villages have been taken up under the scheme and in the next phase, the rest of the feeders would be covered.