If everything would go as per the department plans then sub-station and electricity distribution divisions are going to be attached through video- conferencing facility in the near future.
Well established sources revealed that private companies were told to submit the proposal for bringing the project to the ground level. The number of electricity consumers has been increasing year after year in the state and now rose upto nearly 15,93,853 in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand.
Additionally, the consumers share nearly 4003 megawatt load and become extremely difficult for the department for providing disrupted free electricity to the consumers. Considering the plight of the consumers, Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited (UPCl) has taken a decision to introduce the facility of video-conferencing in the department so that technical snags would be easily traced and overcomes by the fleet of experienced technical staff in the department. Well established sources revealed that the facility of video-conferencing would be introduced under Restructure Accelerated Power Department & Reform Programme (RAPDRP) and Urja Bhawan would has direct link with among all sub-stations.
Well established sources revealed that the facility of video-conferencing would be available at conference room at Urja Bhawan (UPCl headquarter), Haridwar road and EC road based UPCl office in Dehradun, electricity distribution divisions at Haridwar, Roorkee and Srinagar whereas under Kumaon division, the facility of video-conferencing would be available at , electricity distribution division at 132 KV sub-station hydel gate, Kathgodam, Haldwani (Nainital), electricity distribution division Kashipur, Rudrapur, Ranikhet and Pithoragarh. It is not wrong quote that the fault in the distribution lines and feeders including sub-stations and technical snags are among the few reasons behind the disrupted power supply and hours were spent by the department for overcoming the technical snags.
One of the department sources who wished anonymity told The Pioneer that the private companies had submitted proposals for bringing the beneficiary project to the ground level. He said that video- conferencing facility would be proved extremely beneficial for identifying the technical snags at electricity distribution system and would be easily overcomes with the help of experts.
According to him, couple of plans is in the pipeline for improving electricity distribution system in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand and officials would be also made responsible for unwanted fault and technical snags including line-loss incidents. He further told that the final proposal would be frame later after considering all applications .