To strengthen power transmission and distribution system in the State, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam has proposed a comprehensive plan of Rs 893.13 crore for the financial year 2016-17 so as to give reliable and qualitative supply to all categories of consumers.
A spokesman of the Nigam on Friday said that the plan is aimed at strengthening power transmission and distribution system to provide better supply of power with reduction in Aggregate Technical and Commercial losses.
He said that in the previous three years, the Nigam had constructed 57 new 33 kV sub-stations and augmented 155 existing 33 kV substations with capacity addition of 2101.8 MVA.
As compared to it, in the financial year 2016-17, it has been planned to construct 47 new 33 kV substations and augment 46 existing 33 kV substations with further capacity addition of 925.2 MVA.
This will strengthen the power distribution system and ensure reliability for supplying power to all electricity consumers of the Nigam, said he
The Nigam is committed to provide quality and uninterrupted power supply to all the categories of the consumers and undertaking various projects to achieve it, he added.