Three-day 'Manthan-2022' (brainstorming-2022) centred on introspection of engineers and employees of all power companies of Madhya Pradesh started from Thursday at Tarang Auditorium in Jabalpur.
Inaugurating the three-day Manthan-2022, Energy Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar said that at present there is power crisis in the entire country due to shortage of coal, but the condition of Madhya Pradesh is relatively better than other states. In the cabinet meeting last day, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has appreciated the better management by power companies.
Tomar expressed hope that the nectar (good results) emanating from Manthan-2022 would benefit the electricity consumers of the state. Principal Secretary Energy Sanjay Dubey, Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh East Zone Electricity Distribution Company Anay Dwivedi, Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Manjit Singh, Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Power Transmission Company Sunil Tiwari, electrical engineers and technical personnel of the country were present along with the experts from the energy sector. Tomar said that despite Corona, a record revenue of Rs 23,700 crore was collected by the power distribution companies in the last financial year.
The thermal power plants of the Power Generating Company also produced continuous power while performing exceptionally well. Some units of Power Generating Company have made a record of continuous power generation for 100 to 185 days. The Energy Minister said that the power distribution companies and power transmission companies of the state have controlled the tripping of lines by doing excellent maintenance. He said that the failure rate of transformers has come down in the state in the last two years.
Call to power distribution companies to stop losses and power theft
Shri Tomar called upon the power distribution companies to play an effective role in preventing loss and theft of electricity. He said that this work would be possible with the will power and hard work. The Energy Minister said that the electricity distribution companies of the state are trying to bill all the consumers on the basis of their actual consumption. In future, the bills being issued on the basis of estimated consumption will be completely stopped.