Haryana Government on Monday claimed that adequate power supply is available in the State as industries and urban areas are being supplied electricity for 23 hours whereas there is a schedule to provide electricity for 12 hours to domestic consumers in rural areas and agriculture consumer with eight hours supply daily.
If there is any disruption in the power supply which could be a result of felling of trees on electricity wires due to duststorms, said Arun Kumar Verma, Managing Director, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam on Monday
Addressing a press conference in Gurgaon, he said that at some places the power supply is for 12 to 13 hours a day.Verma claimed that there is no shortage of electricity in the State. After the transplantation of paddy begins, the demand for electricity would be at its peak in the month of July-August for which Nigam is fully prepared, said he.
In order to fulfill the electricity demand in district Gurgaon, Verma said that the Aerial Bunched Cable (AB Cable) would be replaced with laying of underground electricity lines. This work would be completed in a phased manner as the State Government has decided to develop Gurgaon as smart city and beautification of the city would also be kept in mind. He said that every year, Rs250 to Rs300 crore are fixed by Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission for operation and maintenance costs.
In Gurgaon, industrial and urban consumers are being provided with 23 hours power supply in 24 hours. Now, 280 lakh units of electricity are supplied in Gurgaon everyday whereas in the corresponding period last year its consumption was 247 lakh units. At present, the demand of electricity is 1,900 MVA in Gurgaon district whereas last year it was 1,670 MVA, said Verma.
He said, in Gurgaon city the power distribution system has been strengthened. During the last one year, 550 new transformers have been installed to increase the transmission capacity of 200 MVA. Similarly, in district Gurgaon, 124 feeders have been divided. There are total 736 feeders, added he.
Verma said that Gurgaon is the only city in the world to register an increase of 15–16 per cent in electricity load every year whereas in other bigger cities of the world this percentage is 7-8 per cent.