PAs per the directions of Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar, the Haryana Power Department has taken a significant step forward to ensure ease of doing business and eliminate “Inspector Raj” by introducing self certification scheme of electrical installations.
A spokesman of the power department said Haryana is the first state to introduce such self certification upto 33 KV Voltage level for both the existing as well as new installations. This scheme will benefit lakhs of consumers per year by saving their time and money as they would not have to visit any office of electricity department for inspection and certification.
He said that at present all the existing as well as new electrical installations are required to be inspected by the office of Chief Electrical Inspector or engineers of the state DISCOMS.
The owners of electrical installations of voltage upto 33KV level would now get their installations tested and inspected by the authorized Chartered Electrical Safety Engineers for ensuring observance of safety measures in their installations and issue self certification report.
The spokesman said that for convenience of electricity consumers and to streamline the process of self certification, the Government has initially authorized 209 Chartered Electrical Safety Engineers throughout the state and has commenced a process for authorization of more Chartered Electrical Safety Engineers.
The list of chartered engineers and procedure for availing the self certification scheme has been hosted on the website of the department i.e.www.haryana.gov.in/departments/cei.html. Also, Power Department intends to authorize sufficient number of qualified electrical engineers as Chartered Electrical Safety Engineers by inviting applications from eligible engineers through public notice.
He further added that this self Certification will speed up the process of the release of new electricity supply connections to consumers and will save the precious time of owners of installations which was earlier consumed in inspections and certifications. He said that the move has been taken for the convenience of the people of Haryana and would prove to be a milestone in overall economic development of the State as a whole.