Uttarakhand: CM Dhami gave instructions, safety audit of all transformers in the state will be done during rainy season
There will be a safety audit of all the transformers across the state 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 building. 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 on which work is currently being done should be completed expeditiously.
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 from the Chief Minister Solar Self-Employment Scheme. It should be ensured that people get maximum 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 six 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 Lakhwar-Vyasi, 150 MW Vyasi-Kattapathar and 168 MW Kalagarh project. Tiloth, Khatima and Dhakrani batteries of one megawatt each are being developed under the 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.
