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Power distribution in J&K to be handed over to private company
8/10/2018 10:39:31 PM
The Governor, N.N. Vohra, has supported the plan for engaging a private company for the distribution of power in Jammu and Kashmir. In this respect the state Government has decided to constitute a top committee comprising Advisor PDD and Administrative secretaries finance, power and planning. If the Committee okays the decision of the State Administrative Council it will be implemented. The government has decided to privatise State's power distribution with the State Administrative Council (SAC) giving a nod to engage a New Delhi-based company for installing and maintaining meters, generating bills and procuring infrastructure. The SAC, which met here under the chairmanship of Governor Narinder Nath Vohra gave a nod to privatisation of State's power. In a significant decision aimed at reducing AT&C losses in the power sector and improving metering, the SAC accorded sanction to the engagement of the Rural Electricity Corporation Power Distribution Company Limited (RECPDCL) as PIA on nomination basis for procurement and installation of 9.25 lakh electronic meters in the rural and urban areas of the State.
The entire scheme is sanctioned under PMDP, DDUGJY and IPDS, at an estimated cost of Rs 282.15 crore.
SAC also gave a nod for engaging RECPDCL as PIA for O&M Services for the upkeep and maintenance of consumer metering in rural and urban areas at an estimated cost of Rs 44.53 crore and managing meter reading and bill generation in rural and urban areas at an estimated cost of Rs 61.32 crore and procurement and installation of 2 lakh smart meters in towns and urban areas of the State at an estimated cost of Rs 126.54 crore. The SAC also accorded approval to the engagement of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) for execution of Smart Grid Project in J&K at an estimated cost of Rs 140.55 crore.
The Smart Grid Project would have attributes like Substation Automation System (SAS), Smart Collection Mechanism (SCM), Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Outage Management System (OMS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System and Peak Load Management (PLM). The proposal was placed before the SAC earlier.
The SAC had decided that the proposal be examined by a Committee comprising Advisor incharge PDD and Administrative Secretaries of Finance, Planning and Power Development Departments particularly in regard to providing the contract to the Central PSUs and also examining the utilization of existing manpower in meter reading operations. The new scheme is to check losses in distribution and recurring thefts by consumers. What else when the state is reeling under power shortage and the Governor or the SAC should have concentrated on plans for increased generation which could meet the demand of people including the industrialists.
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