Suspicion of power outages within a target time of 24 hours

New delhi date. 19 October 2019, Saturday

Although the Center has achieved the target of connecting all the villages and houses in the country with a power connection, there is still a lack of uninterrupted power supply and strong infrastructure. The government has set a target of delivering home electricity through two schemes, Din Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana and good luck.

Out of the Rs 1 crore sanctioned for this operation, the states have so far claimed only 5 per cent, indicating that the scheme is running slow.

Both these projects are due to expire in March next year and all the projects under the scheme are required to be completed by December of the current year.

In addition to connecting villages and homes with electricity, the scheme also includes other components such as feeder splitting, feeder metering, metering in houses, new transformers and transportation and distribution infrastructure.

According to Rural Electrification Corporation statistics, some states have completed 5 to 6 percent of work under the Gram Jyoti Yojana and some have done 2 to 5 percent of the work. If these works are not completed, the power supply in the villages is still not possible. Rural Electrification Corporation is the nodal agency for the implementation of rural electrification and alliance schemes.

The responsibility for carrying out these schemes has been entrusted to the power distribution companies (DISCOMs) of each state, but the data shows that the DISCOMs are recovering. About Rs 5 crore is left over from the states for the installation of 50 meter power meter manufacturers.