Managing Director of Central Region Power Distribution Company, Vishesh Garhpale has said that the company is conducting a special campaign of load survey in non-domestic premises and industrial power complexes till September 10. He asked the field officers to survey all the business premises and industrial power complexes like flour mills and oil mills etc. and approve the load on the basis of actual load. This will enable the consumer to get electricity at sufficient voltage and the company will get the right revenue.
Garhpale directed the field officers to ensure proper effective calculation, billing and collection of revenue of each unit of electricity. The special campaign has led to an increase in the load of more than 1,500 non-domestic campuses. Similarly, the load of the premises of more than 150 industrial power consumers has also been increased.
The Managing Director has issued instructions to return the damaged and burnt transformers to the regional store. He said that action will be taken against the officials concerned if the transformers are not returned on time. Technical flaws should be removed by identifying the places where the distribution transformers fail repeatedly. The AMR of Nal-Jal Yojana should be installed within the time frame and their physical verification should be ensured.
The Managing Director has issued instructions to conduct survey for increasing the load on agricultural pumps so as to ensure power supply to farmers at sufficient voltage during the Rabi season. All eligible and damaged transformers should be replaced in one week before the Rabi season load. He said that it should be ensured that new beneficiaries who connect after the decision of expansion of the Indira Griha Jyoti Yojana get the proper benefits.
The Managing Director also directed to make temporary connections easily available to all the officers.
Managing Director of Central Region Power Distribution Company said that if there are continuous complaints of any consumer in urban and semi-urban areas, then such complaints should be analyzed. He said that there is also a need to analyze the complaints regionwise so that consumer complaints can be reduced.