The Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh today directed the officers to ensure that the consumers of the valley get adequate supply of power especially in view of the ensuing month of Ramadan.The Deputy Chief Minster was addressing officers during a review meeting of the power sector of the valley.Principal Secretary, Power Development Department, Mr. Sandeep Nayak, Development Commissioner Power, Chief Engineers Executives Engineers and other senior officers of the department were present.Dr. Singh asked the officers to ensure that the consumers of the valley get the requisite and adequate supply of power during Sehri and Iftiyar times of the holy month of Ramadan. He said that the additional power should also be purchased to meet any short fall during the month and maintained that Chief Minister has also passed the requisite directions as well.
The Deputy Chief Minister also directed the officers to ensure that the targets set for the revenue realization should be met and in this regard necessary mechanism should be put on the ground so that the requisite target is achieved with in the shortest possible time. He also called for putting in a fool proof mechanism in order to make sure that the minimal T&D loss are incurredDr. Singh also asked for ensuring minimum damage to the transformers by rationalizing the load and also directed for the early repair of the damaged ones so that people do not face any inconvenience and get the requisite and adequate supply of electric powers.