Haryana Government on Friday claimed to have provided 24 hours power supply in about 2,380 villages under Mhara Gaon, Jagmag Gaon scheme in the State.
The scheme is aimed at providing round the clock power supply, reducing line losses and encouraging people to pay electricity bills. All villages of Panchkula, Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Fatehabad and Sirsa districts were being supplied 24-hour power supply and villages of other districts are being supplied 22, 18 or 15 hours power supply, said an official spokesman.
Recently, the State Government had announced that 507 additional villages in the State would start getting 24 hour electricity supply from August 15 onwards.
The spokesman said that for strengthening power system 147 new sub stations have been constructed and capacity of 451 existing sub-stations has been increased.
Apart from this, 70,390 new distribution transformers have been installed and 2,326 km long new lines have also been laid, he said.
A new solar energy policy has been formulated to promote generation of solar energy in the State.
The aim of this policy is to achieve Solar Energy of 4,000 mega watt capacity in Haryana by 2022, he added.