With the objective of supplying power to urban areas for 22-24 hours and 16-18 hours in rural areas by 2016-17, work should be completed according to the milestones fixed with a robust action plan.
The above call has been made by the Chief Secretary, AlokRanjan, who issued directions to complete the work according to the milestones fixed with a robust action plan to ensure power supply to urban areas for 22-24 hours and 16-18 hours in rural areas by 2016-17. He said that he would himself review the progress on first Saturday of each month. He instructed for starting 500 Mw Anpara D soon. He also directed to commence power generation from under construction Bara power project in Allahabad by 2015-16.
The Chief Secretary was chairing the Energy Task Force meeting and review meeting of energy department here on Saturday afternoon. He said that all efforts should be made to enhance revenue recovery. He said that power connections of regular defaulters should be disconnected and power consumers should be provided correct and timely electricity bills.
Referring to R-APDRP, Ranjan said that regular monitoring should be undertaken by Sub-Divisional Officers, Chief Engineer and Managing Director to remove the hurdles and speeding up the implementation. He said that all out efforts should be made to reduce line-losses.The Chief Secretary directed for prompt work-allotment with respect to Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojna (RGGVY) under 11th and 12th plans in districts. He asked to expedite the works of 11th plan to complete it soon. He asked to provide facility of resolving the complaints of 17 lakh registered consumers through SMS and to register the remaining consumers.