PUDUCHERRY: The centre has allocated Rs 150 crore for the union territory under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme, a union government initiative to improve power quality, reliability, and affordability, announced Electricity Minister A Namassivayam on Saturday. Alongside infrastructure upgrades, the government would fill 73 junior engineer posts and 177 construction helper posts, with recruitment notifications to be issued shortly, he …
Residents of Chithara and surrounding areas in Dadri will face planned power outages on Thursday, as the power discom is scheduled to carry out essential maintenance work, said discom officials on Wednesday. The power interruption is part of the ongoing work under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme, aimed at replacing damaged and outdated power lines, informed PVVNL officials. Officials explained …
CHENNAI: The opposition parties, including AIADMK, PMK and BJP, have condemned the state government for increasing the power tariff and urged for its withdrawal. BJP state president K Annamalai accused that the DMK is repeating the same excuse it used two years ago that the tariff hike was necessary to obtain funds from the Central Government’s Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme. …
If all went to plan, by December this year, 17.5 lakh smart meters should have been installed in the limits of Bangalore Electricity Supply Company in industries and commercial establishments, government offices, and a few other places. Senior officials in the Energy Department said that the lack of communication by some installed smart meters, excessive time taken in integrating Advanced …
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh will seek the support of Union government in implementing the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme with an investment of around ₹11,000 crore for providing world-class services to electricity consumers in AP. As part of it, Sri Damodara Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station Unit III of 800 MW will become operational next month. Another 800 MW will be available by …