10 lakh smart meters to be installed in 5 districts : The Tribune India

Join Whatsapp Channel

10 lakh smart meters to be installed in 5 districts

CHANDIGARH: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has approved installation of 10 lakh smart meters in Panipat, Karnal, Panchkula, Faridabad and Gurugram districts.



Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 25 

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has approved installation of 10 lakh smart meters in  Panipat, Karnal, Panchkula, Faridabad and Gurugram districts. A memorandum of understanding between Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) and Haryana power distribution utilities in this regard will be signed soon.

An official spokesman said that the Chief Minister took the decision to improve the financial condition of power distribution companies, encourage energy conservation and overcome the problems with regard to payment of electricity bills. In the first phase, EESL would replace old meters with smart meters in the five districts.

Under the Uday Scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 10,000 old meters were replaced with smart meters  in Panipat district under a pilot project. Now, the scheme would be implemented in other districts as well. The smart meters are GPS equipped. Installation of the smart meters along with its associated GPS system would enable electricity distribution companies to collect real time data on usage.

He said that under the ‘Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon’ scheme initiated by the present government in 2015, 400 feeders in 2,310 villages in various districts, including in Panchkula, Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram and Sirsa, are getting round the clock power supply. From July 1, rural domestic consumers in Fatehabad district would also get 24-hour power supply. Similarly, line losses have been reduced from 30 per cent to 20 per cent, which would further be reducd to 15 per cent by March 2019.

On the job 

  • A private firm to replace old meters with smart meters in Panipat, Karnal, Panchkula, Faridabad and Gurugram districts
  • Around 10,000 old meters have been replaced meters in Panipat district under a pilot project
  • From July 1, rural domestic consumers in Fatehabad district would also get 24-hour power supply

Top News

Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in UP's Banda orders judicial inquiry into death of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari

UP court orders judicial probe into gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s death, seeks report in a month

Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari on Tuesday alleged that his brother...

‘Heart attack or poisoning’: The life and times of Mukhtar Ansari—crime and politics

‘Heart attack or poisoning’: The life and times of Mukhtar Ansari—crime and politics

Eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh are among the poorest regions...

Alka Rai, widow BJP MLA killed by Mukhtar Ansari, says 'justice has been served', visits Ram Mandir

Alka Rai, widow BJP MLA killed by Mukhtar Ansari, says 'justice has been served', visits Ram Mandir

Alka Rai is the wife of MLA Krishanand Rai, who was shot dea...

Cash-strapped Congress gets fresh IT notice of Rs 1,700 crore, say party insiders

Cash-strapped Congress gets fresh I-T notice of Rs 1,800 crore

Ajay Maken addresses a press conference

CBI files chargesheet against 20 institutes, 105 individuals in Himachal Pradesh multi-crore scholarship scam

CBI files chargesheet against 20 institutes, 105 individuals in Himachal Pradesh multi-crore scholarship scam

22 educational institutions were on CBI radar in the scholar...


Cities

View All