Dehradun: Safety audit of all transformers across the state will be done in the rainy season, so that there is no accident. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami gave these instructions in the review meeting of the Energy Department on Tuesday. He also asked the three energy corporations to work together to double the power generation in five years.
CM Dhami held a review meeting of the Energy Department in the Secretariat. He said that energy and tourism have been the basic concept of state formation. Stating the need to work fast in the state in the field of energy, the Chief Minister said that keeping in mind the rainy season, safety audit of all transformers should be done. Keeping in mind the need of rapidly setting up industrial institutions in the state, efforts should be made rapidly to increase power generation. The Chief Minister said that the small hydropower projects currently being worked on should be completed fast.
Electricity availability should be ensured through solar rooftop in government buildings. More efforts should be made in this direction so that more and more youth get self-employment through Mukhyamantri Solar Swarojgar Yojana. It should be ensured that maximum number of people get the benefit of PM Surya Ghar Free Electricity Scheme in the state. The Chief Minister directed that the process of construction of new power houses and updating the transmission line should be expedited. An effective plan should also be worked out to reduce line loss.
Work is going on fast on small hydropower projects
It was told in the meeting that six small hydropower projects of 121 MW have been allotted in the state, out of which 24 MW Melekhet and 21 MW Khutani hydropower projects will be completed by December 2026. While work on 22.80 MW Bernigad and 6 MW Rayat hydropower projects will be started in the next two years. Under the pump storage project in the state, preliminary feasibility report is being prepared on 200 MW Lakhwad-Vyasi, 150 MW Vyasi- Kattapathar and 168 MW Kalagarh project. Tiloth, Khatima and Dhakrani of one MW each are being developed under battery energy storage system. Vice Chairman Infrastructure Monitoring Council Vishwas Dabur, Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, Principal Secretary RK Sudhanshu, Secretary R Meenakshi Sundaram, Additional Secretary Ranjana Rajguru, Ahmed Iqbal, MD UJVNL Sandeep Singhal, MD Pitkul PC Dhyani and related officials were present in the meeting.
