Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna laid the foundation stone for the 33/11 KV sub-station of Nehru Colony and Ring Road Raipur in order to overcome the problem of overloading in the region. An expenditure of Rs237 lakh is expected on the Nehru Colony Sub Station and Rs250 lakh on the Ring Road sub-station. Bahuguna also inaugurated the night electricity breakdown repair service.
After laying the foundation stone for the sub-stations in a function held in Dehradun on Tuesday, Bahuguna said that giving stern instructions to the power department is a regular feature in order to supply round the clock electricity to the consumers. He claimed that the department has been continuously procuring electricity from outside the State in order to bridge the gap between the demand and supply of electricity in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand.
Bahuguna said that the State Government was committed to provide round the clock electricity to the consumers and further said that concrete steps would be surely taken by the State Government for providing even to the tough hilly terrains of the State.
The CM informed that development work on improving power infrastructure worth Rs191 crore had begun in Dehradun district. He also informed that the construction works have been already started on Vyasi hydro power project and permission would be soon obtained for the lakhwad project.
While highlighting about the benefits once the sub started functioning in coming days, SS Yadav, Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited said that as many as 13,000 consumers would benefit from the Nehru Colony and Ring Road sub-stations.
He noted that electricity was cheaper in the State as compared to other States. Yadav told that the department had been continuously working for curtailing line loss across the State and further claimed that the strict department instructions had been given to vigilance cell of the department to keep a tight noose on unauthorised electricity consumers.
He told that all those consumers who are living in Raipur, Ring road, ladpur, Garwali colony, Nehru gram, Nathanpur, Rajeev nagar, Nehru colony, Saket colony, Ashok colony, Vishnu Vihar, Rispana nagar and adjoining areas would be among the major beneficiaries once both sub-stations and feeders started functioning in the near future.
Yadav told that customer care centre has started functioning and redresses the grievances of customers round the clock. He also assured that strict department action would be surely taken against those officials who fail to take effective and timely steps for redressing the grievances of consumers in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of the state. MlA Umesh Sharma, Municipal Corporation of Dehradun Mayor Vinod Chamoli and Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam limited Managing Director GP Patel were also present.