Chief Secretary Deepak Singhal has directed the Energy department to present an action plan within a week for 24-hour power supply from October 2. . He has asked to take feedback of general public in addition to Energy department officials on actual status of power supply as per the schedule in different areas.
He has asked the UP Power Corporation limited to develop software for compiling the information of the feedback of common power consumers on power supply. He asked the UPPCl to strengthen its public delivery system.
He directed to prepare a comprehensive action plan comprising of programmes for next one month and to implement it for ensuring quality power supply to cover each and every power consumer in urban and rural areas of the state. He said the work on transmission sub stations at the cost of Rs 10,000 core be completed and commissioned by the end of March next year. Transmission sub stations are being constructed for the evacuation of power generated at Bara, Meja and Karchhana thermal power plants. He also directed the officials to complete the transmission sub stations being constructed at the cost of Rs 2,500 crore by October 2016 for wheeling out power from lalitpur thermal power plant.
Dipak Singhal was reviewing the progress of the projects under implementation in Energy department here on Friday. Chief Secretary during the review also asked the officials to present an action plan by August 15 for the electrification of unauthorised colonies in urban areas with target of minimum 25 lakh power connections. He said that UP Power Corporation should provide funds for this purpose.
He said that the proposals for capacity addition of overloaded distribution transformers across the state should be presented at power distribution company (discom) level within a fortnight. He directed to fix full responsibility of power transmission officials to ensure power supply from 220/ 132 Kv power substations as per schedule to various areas. If there is any technical interruption in supply at 33 Kv transmission level, then officials should ensure additional compensatory power supply for break-down duration.
He said that the officials of power distribution companies should also follow the same practice if there was break-down at 11 Kv feeders of 33 Kv substations. He said that distribution engineers should not take shutdown during the schedules hours of power supply for maintenance works. . They should try to perform maintenance work after the supply hours. He said that full responsibility of ensuring power supply as per schedule would vest in Director (Technical) at discom level.