Haryana: Power connection for deras within 3 km from village phirni

Chandigarh, February 27

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, while speaking during the ongoing Budget session of the state Vidhan Sabha, today announced that the deras and dhanis located within a radius of up to 3 km from the village phirni will get power connections. Earlier, this limit was 1 km. He said power consumers in the deras and dhanis would not have to bear any cost for the connections up to 300 metres. Earlier, this limit was 150 metres, the Chief Minister said.

He said if a connection was taken beyond 300 metres, the expenses would be borne in a 50:50 ratio between the consumer and the government. Making another announcement, the Chief Minister said if the consumers of the deras and dhanis wanted electricity connections from rural feeders instead of tubewells, then the government would bear the entire cost of the transformer. The consumer will only have to bear the cost of the new line.