Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that utmost priority should be given to people’s satisfaction under the departmental activities. Their satisfaction describes works’ competency. He further mentioned that qualitative electricity supply and contentment over bills are foundation of people’s satisfaction.
Chouhan was reviewing the activities of Energy Department at Mantralaya on Wednesday. Minister for Energy Paras Jain and Chief Secretary BP Singh were also present on the occasion. Chouhan stated that state may face drought owing to low rainfalls.
Therefore, keeping in view the Rabi and Paddy crops, proper electricity supply arrangements should be made. Make effective and immediate arrangement to replace burn out and inoperative transformers on time. He issued directives for strict monitoring of the works.
lauding the innovations like electricity banking and bijli panchayats organised by the department, Chouhan asserted that these should be made more effective. Make arrangement for qualitative electric supply and monitor it strictly, he added.
The CM was apprised that effective efforts have been made to ensure transformers’ quality. Beside arrangement of testing in human operated testing lab, the establishment work of computerized lab is under progress. Bijli Panchayats have been organized in 22,667 gram panchayats of the state. Out of one lakh, 98,091 have been redressed. Besides, 1.88 lakh permanent connections have been provided to the farmers during 2016-17.
Similarly, 38,606 permanent connections have been given during the current financial year. Furthermore, initiative has been taken to ensure quality by fixing equal standards changing high tension billing cycle for increase in revenue, purchase of important equipments distribution and maintenance by the department.
Additional Chief Secretary Finance AP Shrivastava, Additional Chief Secretary Energy Iqbal Singh Bains, Principal Secretary to CM Ashok Varnval and other officers were present in the meeting.