CM serious over power outages, warns electricity staff against foul play

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy warned that strict action will be initiated against the responsible officials and staff if power outages are reported in the state. The Chief Minister made it clear that the Government is supplying adequate power to meet the energy demand and no official power cuts were imposed by the government.

Reviewing the power situation in the State on Thursday the Chief Minister said that the electricity supply had already been increased in the state when compared to the past and expressed his anger at the officials of the Energy Department over power outages in many places recently. He expressed displeasure at some officials for their neglect of discharging duties sincerely.

Smelling conspiracy against his Government Revanth Reddy said that some people were conspiring to bring a bad reputation to the Government by spreading misinformation on power supply. The CM warned of strict action against such officers and the staff and alerted the energy department’s officials to counter the misinformation campaign on power cuts despite the electricity supply increase.

TSTRANSCO and GENCO CMD Rizvi explained to the CM that the power supply had increased in the last two months compared to the corresponding period last year. He said the power supply was interrupted for some time in the limits of three sub-stations in the state recently. When the CM asked about the reasons for the power cuts, officials informed that the DEs were supposed to monitor the load fluctuations in the sub-stations properly and the problem arose due to their failure to do so.

The Chief Minister ordered strict action against the officials and staff who were careless in discharging their duties carelessly. The CM asked the officials to inform the consumers in the area of the respective sub-stations in advance if the power supply is suspended for any repairs or other maintenance issues.

He warned that he gathered information about some of the field-level staff, who were appointed during the previous Government, deliberately imposing power cuts to bring a bad name to the Government. The officials were asked to investigate the reasons behind power cuts if the supply was interrupted for more than five minutes anywhere in the state. He said that action should be taken against anyone who deliberately caused the power cuts, except for technical and natural reasons.

The Government has taken all measures to provide adequate power supply to meet the growing energy demand in the state. An action plan had already been prepared to supply power during the peak season of February, March, and April when the electricity demand would be high.

In all 264.95 million units of electricity were supplied daily from February 1 till 13 this year. Last year, the power supply during the same period was only 242.44 million units. In January last year, 230.54 million units of power were supplied. This year, it was more than 243.12 million units in January.