The Rs. 465.59-crore programme aims at reducing losses in Escoms

Staff Reporter

CHANDIGARH: Haryana is one of the first States in the country to get approved power distribution reforms projects for 36 towns which are covered under Part I of the Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) of the Union Government, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary Power Ashok Lavasa said here on Tuesday.

Projects

Jalandhar: 83 bus stops already set up in Jalandhar, 23 more on cards. Ludhiana too to have similar stops. Each stop to consume average 3,000 units monthly; electricity used by these stops could power a large village for a month

Making hay: Taxi drivers in Rawalpindi are charging exorbitant fares from commuters. The shortage of natural gas is good business opportunity for them. The Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Ltd, Pakistan

For a city that boasts of a 24-hour power supply, of course only on papers, Lucknow sure has a long way to go. Frequent power cuts, faults that remain unattended for several hours at a stretch and transformers burning at the drop of a hat. One just hopes the forthcoming franchisee system make things better. Pankaj Shah reports...

From New Year day, industrial units in Tamil Nadu will declare a two-day power holiday per week to tide over the power crisis. However, TNEB will provide uninterrupted power supply to the units for all the five working days.

A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting convened by Minister for Electricity Arcot N Veerasamy with industrialists at the State Secretariat here on Monday.

Companies oppose electricity-saving methods as they may hit revenue

In an unusual move, power utilities in the state expressed their unwillingness to take up power saving methods. They reasoned that the power-saving methods would adversely affect their incomes.