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An investment of Rs. 2,000 crore has been made in the last five years to strengthen the transmission and distribution system in the state’s power department. Moreover, in the next three to four years, an investment of 1,950 crore rupees will be made in the power departmentof the state to ensure 24-hour uninterrupted power supply as well as to strengthen the distribution of the power sector in the state. Secretary of the power departmentBrijesh Pandey said this in a press conference at the secretariat yesterday. In the press conference, the secretary of the power department said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision is to provide electricity services to all. The State Power Department is working to realize this objective. The secretary presented information about several developmental programmes of the power department. He said, to improve renewable energy in the state, initiatives have been taken to set up a 130 MW floating power plant at Dumboor Lake in collaboration with the National Thermal Power Corporation.
At the press conference, the secretary of the power department informed thatto provide 100 percent home electricity service in the state 2 lakh 18 thousand 488 families have been given electricity connection under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana and Sobhagya Yojana. Under the revamped distribution sector project, 5 lakh 47 thousand smart and prepaid meters will be installed at the house of consumers. Also 8,720 km of LT aerial bunched cable and 830 distribution transformers will be installed. He also said that 1 thousand 150 crore rupees have been invested in improving the distribution network of the state with the help of Asian Development Bank. In this project, 140 km of underground cable and 1 lakh 20 thousand smart meters will be installed. The Power Department has been ranked second in the Integrated Ratings of Power Distribution Utilities and Customer Service Ratings of DISCOMS among North Eastern states in the financial year 2020-21. The Power Department has also bagged awards for implementation of Sobhagya schemes, tackling Covid-19 and the India Smart Grid Forum. He also shed light on the Department’s Customer Service Centre, Revenue Management System, Enterprise Resource Planning, Department’s Safety Cell etc. Managing Director of Power Department Debashis Sarkar and Additional Secretary Udayan Sinha were also present at the press conference.
