Review of Power and Urban Development sector in UP by Union Minister
Union Minister of Power and Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal reviewed the urban development schemes and the power sector scenario for State of Uttar Pradesh at Directorate, Urban Local Bodies, in Lucknow today.
Arvind Kumar Sharma, Minister of Energy &
Urban Development, Government of Uttar Pradesh
and Rakesh Rathore, Minister
of State for Urban Development, Government of Uttar Pradesh were present
in the meeting. The meeting was also attended by senior officials from the
State Government and officials from Govt. of India (GoI) from Ministry of
Housing & Urban Affairs and Ministry of Power along with
officials from UPPCL and REC.
During the meeting, matters related to overall
Power Sector scenario and Urban Development programmes and progress of works
under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) in the State of Uttar Pradesh were discussed.
The State highlighted concerns related to Power
generation and the possible solutions so as to meet future demand.
Power & Urban Development Minister in
his address, thanked
Union Minister for his visit to Lucknow for review of state of Uttar Pradesh in
respect of issues related to the Power sector and Urban development and also
highlighted concerns of the State. Hon’ble Minister elaborated the initiatives
taken by the State to ensure reliable supply of power in the State. He
highlighted the initiatives taken by the State to provide ease of living to the
consumers and the efforts made by the State to improve the financial conditions
of the DISCOMs.
Further, it was remarked that the State
would make all out efforts for overall improvement in these sectors.
In his address, Manohar Lal, Union
Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs welcomed all the dignitaries to the
meeting. He mentioned that his visit to the State would help in resolution of
issues and in identification of new initiatives that may be taken up to further
improve services to the citizens of the State.
He highlighted the role of RDSS in
bringing improvement in the electricity distribution sector and in
strengthening electricity distribution infrastructure and appreciated the progress
made by the State under RDSS. He remarked that the State has taken lot of initiatives
and adapted O&M practices which has helped the Distribution Companies in improving
their AT&C losses and ACS-ARR gap which would ultimately help in improving
the services to the Consumers. He advised to install prepaid meters on all
Government consumers by March 2025. Minister advised the state to provide 5%
rebate to prepaid consumers.
He further advised State to take up distribution
infrastructure works, sanctioned for NOIDA, Varanasi and Kanpur, on priority so
that consumers could derive benefit from the works at the earliest.
Minister emphasised that the State should strive
to implement Resource Adequacy plan so as to meet growing demand. He directed
for a joint meeting with Department of Atomic Energy to discuss on possibility
of nuclear projects in the State. He
advised the State to work on rationalisation of linkage of coal sources to
thermal plants.
Minister advised the State to shift progressively
agricultural load to solar power so as to provide day time supply. He mentioned
the need for adoption of best practice in O&M in transmission sector for
improving the reliability of supply of power. Hon’ble Minister emphasised the state to effectively implement Rights of Consumers under the Electricity Rules
and to provide compensation to consumers for deficiencies in service
Union Minister of Power assured for
continued support and cooperation of the Government of India in the overall
development of the state and wished for the well being of the people of the state.