Govt Ready to Supply Required Power: Bhatti

Hyderabad: The State government is prepared to provide electricity to satisfy the demand anticipated during the upcoming summer, stated Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka.

On Tuesday, the Deputy Chief Minister conducted a review meeting with officials from the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (SPDCL) to discuss the action plan for electricity supply during the summer season at the B R Ambedkar Secretariat.

Bhatti Vikramarka assessed information regarding the power demand from the previous summer, the expected demand for the current summer, and the strategies being developed to address that demand.

He emphasised that, since all requested facilities had been provided to the officials, it is imperative that they ensure a continuous power supply without any interruptions throughout the summer months.

Noting that power supply is an essential and sensitive issue, Vikramarka said that officials and staff should keep this in mind and be alert round the clock.

The electricity department officers at all levels should conduct meetings to evaluate their preparedness to tackle the problems they might face at the field level and awareness be created even among consumers.

"Everyone in the Energy department from lineman to Minister should work like one family. Any problem at the field level should be immediately reported to the superior officer by phone and if there was no response , it should be escalated to the next higher officer and the staff should not hesitate even to call him if required," Vikramarka told the officers.

The government is ready to provide all the facilities required at the field level to the officers and they could ask for anything, he said.

Referring to the services provided by the electricity department in Hyderabad city through emergency vehicles, Bhatti Vikramarka said such services should also be extended to rural areas.

The Deputy Chief Minister instructed that as all approvals sought by the officers were given, the construction of all the Sub Stations and other works be completed by March 1.

He directed the officials to start giving incentive awards in the electricity department to staff who put in good service.

Energy department Principal Secretary Sundeep Kumar Sultania, Transco CMD Krishna Bhaskar , SPDCL CMD Musharaff Ali , Energy department OSD Surender Reddy and others participated.