On the 4th of May, Wednesday, Mr. Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, conducted a review meeting on the power sector. The meeting held at the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) Camp Office in Tadepalli, was attended by Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy and senior officials of the Ministry of Power.
During the meeting, the Andhra Pradesh CM reviewed the power demand-supply, projects to be completed, projects to be undertaken in the future and so on.
The officials said they bought the power heavily with the intention of not getting consumers in trouble. Officials said 1268.69 million units were bought in March for Rs 1,123.74 crore and 1047.78 million units in April for Rs 1,022.42 crore.
The CM said that free electricity money through DBT would be deposited in the farmers’ accounts and paid directly by the farmers, which would enable the farmers to question their electricity services.
The pilot project undertaken in Srikakulam was a success. It is said that 101.51 MU power was consumed for 26,083 connections in the district in 2020–21, which was increased to increased to 28,393 connections in 2021–2022 with 67.76 MU power consumption saving 33.75 MU.
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