Many districts face power outages because of shutdown to correct a snag. This results in the lessening of the duration of total power supplied. Sharma said that the areas will be provided additional power to compensate for the power shutdown
Lucknow: UP energy minister Shrikant Sharma on Monday directed officials to provide additional power in areas where power disruption has taken place following a shut-down. Presiding over a review meeting of Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi and Chitrakoot, Sharma said that power supply should be assured as per the roster.
Many districts face power outages because of shutdown to correct a snag. This results in the lessening of the duration of total power supplied. Sharma said that the areas will be provided additional power to compensate for the power shutdown.
Sharma was also apprised about large-scale complaints of faulty billing, causing problems to consumers. To this, he sought an inquiry to be conducted to address the problem. He said if needed FIRs be lodged against agencies producing faulty bills.
Sharma reiterated that the department has decided to monitor 60 feeders in every district to bring line losses to less than 15 per cent. Currently , the line losses hover between 25 and 30 per cent in different districts. The power minister also urged MLAs and MPs to adopt 10 feeders and help the government in bringing down line losses.
The power minister came across complaints of delay in fixing or replacing transformers which go dysfunctional after developing snags. He admitted that the department has been receiving such complaints from some districts.
Meanwhile, Sharma asked officials to address complaints which they receive through social media.
Source: TNN
