Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat asked the power department officials to ensure uninterrupted power supply in the state while conducting a review meeting with the State power department officials, including those dealing with alternate energy, in the secretariat on Friday. He asked the alternate energy department officials to fetch revenue to the tune of Rs 200 crore in this financial year The officials were instructed to adopt MIST while generating power. CM made it clear that there should be no power outages unless the people are informed beforehand by an order from the executive engineers.
He stressed on the assistant engineers (AE) and the executive engineers (ExEn) to work from the fields. He also asked the officers to come down heavily on power pilferage. “Nobody should be spared if found stealing power. If required, the officers and the employees should be transferred if they are posted in the same places for several years,” he said, adding that the existing cable must be replaced with covered cable to stop pilferage. The officials informed CM that they have lodged 486 complaints between April and June 2017 as part of its anti-pilferage drive, adding that the power situation has improved a lot in the last quarter.
He said that under no circumstances would he allow power cuts to happen for a human error. “Annual character report (ACR) of the junior engineers and executive engineers would be made on the basis of their performance regarding power supply,” he said. He reiterated his government’s stance that the right of installing solar power projects upto 5 KW would be vested only in the state residents. The matter would be brought at the cabinet meeting. The meeting disclosed that 597 Million unit power has been arranged through alternate energy.
He laid thrust on reducing aggregate technical and commercial losses (AT & Cl). “In the last financial year, it was 16.72 percent while this year it has been asked to keep it within 15 percent. If things are checked thus the state can save upto Rs 100 crore per annum, he said.
He asked them to convert 2000 kilometer overhead local into AB cable. During the meeting, it was disclosed that 15681 out of 15745 villages have been electrified with the remaining 64 villages to be electrified by the end of this year. CM also asked them to arrange 8000 solar briefcase for the remote areas along the border of the state.
“The latest MIST being used in power generation should be studied and it would be started it in one place as a pilot project,” he said.
Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam limited (UJVNl), which has generated 4876 miliion unit power this year, has been asked to generate 5000 MU next year. He has also asked them to give emphasis on the projects, which have been stalled due to litigation and other reasons so that they can be started to generate more electricity.
The meeting was informed that the 120 MW Vyasi power project would start by December 2018 and Uttarakashi’s Pilgaang 2.25 MW project would completed by December this year. Chamoli’s Urgan 3 MW and Pauri’s Dunaav 1.5 MW would start production by the last week of August this year. Dunaav projects is under testing procedure.
Besides, the state government has proposed to start up-gradation work in 36 cities, which have population of less than 10000 with an estimated cost of Rs 192 crore.