Dimapur, Sep. 2 (EMN): Chief Minister, TR Zeliang on Saturday preached judicious use of power supply while appealing ‘responsible consumers’ to avoid indulging in power theft.
A statement from the chief minister’s office on Saturday night informed Zeliang as delivering this message during a programme to mark the “commissioning of 66 kV transmission line from Ganeshnagar to Jalukie charged at 33 kV and 5 MVA 33/11 sub-station”, at Jalukie in Peren district.
It quoted the chief minister as saying: “It is a matter of great concern that in the last financial year, against a power purchase cost of Rs 281.97 crore, Power department could recover an amount of only Rs 116.42 crore burdening the state with a huge revenue gap of Rs 165.55 crore.
“Our people have a common tendency of taking availability of electricity and its usage in our day to day lives for granted and cost free but what we tend to remain blissfully ignorant of, is the fact that electricity is generated, purchased, transmitted and distributed at great cost and thus what is consumed needs to be paid for.”
Zeliang also thanked the DoNER ministry for funding the project while stating that the upgrade of power machinery would help boost the economy of the district and facilitate growth of industries and commerce.
“Over 5 decades since statehood, there are still several villages in the state that do not have power connectivity but Peren district has attained 100% achievement in rural electrification,” he announced, informing that the electrification of 17 new villages covering 396 households under the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DUGJY) were completed last month.
Also underscoring the importance of technology in order to check “corrupt practices and theft in the power sector”, Zeliang informed that the department concerned has adopted measures to increase the number of payment counters and started setting up online payment facilities ‘which will be taken up in a phased manner’.
With a view to improve and provide stable power supply to Peren district the project was conceived to construct a new 66 kV transmission line from the Industrial Growth Centre, Ganeshnagar to Peren via Jalukie, and 5 MVA sub-stations at Jalukie and Peren. The project was recommended by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) on 10/4/2007. Subsequently, DoNER sanctioned an amount of Rs 2178.44 lakh against a DPR cost of Rs 2548 lakh.With a view to improve and provide stable power supply to Peren district the project was conceived to construct a new 66 kV transmission line from the Industrial Growth Centre, Ganeshnagar to Peren via Jalukie, and 5 MVA sub-stations at Jalukie and Peren. The project was recommended by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) on 10/4/2007. Subsequently, DoNER sanctioned an amount of Rs 2178.44 lakh against a DPR cost of Rs 2548 lakh.Work on the transmission line was slow initially due to Right of Way issues compelling change of route in some locations compounded with short working season and bad roads. Constructions of the sub-stations were also delayed due to change of sub-station site of both the Jalukie and Peren sub-stations. The work has therefore been reassessed to incorporate all the required changes as per site conditions amounting to a total of Rs 2541.44 lakh and consist of the following components:a. Construction of 66 kV transmission line of 35.8 Km amounting to Rs 1578.58 lakh. This will be initially operated at 33 kV as per CEA recommendation.b. Construction of 5 MVA, 33/11KV S/S at Jalukie with control room amounting to Rs 501.12 lakh.c. Construction of 5MVA, 33/11 KV S/S at Peren with control room, amounting to Rs 461.74 lakh.The remaining portion of the transmission from Jalukie to Peren and the sub-station in Peren are under implementation and scheduled to be commissioned by December 2017. (Source: CMO)
