Uttarakhand was awarded a certificate of appreciation at the power minister’s conference held at Vadodara in Gujarat on Friday for the state’s success in implementing ‘URJA MITRA’ scheme. Other states which were awarded the same certificates Gujarat and Assam.
Piyush Goyal, the Union minister of state (IC) for Power, felicitated the principal secretary power Uma Kant Panwar and UPCl managing director SS Yadav with Shawl and certificate.
URJA MITRA’ scheme is meant to inform the consumers before there is any emergency power cut. In the first phase of the scheme, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Assam were selected.
Union Government has recently launched Urja Mitra Helpline through which the consumers can get information on power outages from distribution companies by dialling 14401.
The Central government has also launched “Urja Mitra” mobile App. Urja Mitra Mobile App is currently available in Google play store, which can be downloaded and used across India. This App is a high- end technology platform which can handle thousands of calls simultaneously and can efficiently monitor all visits of Urja mitra’s.
UPCl spokesperson PC Dhyani said that Uttarakhand has around 20 lakh customers out of which mobile numbers of around 5.65 lakh are linked with Mobile App.