TSGENCO MD credits 24/7 power for farmers to KCR

​Hyderabad: TSGENCO and TSTRANSCO CMD D Prabhakar Rao on Thursday said because of the efforts of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and with the unstinted support from the State government, they were able to provide 24-hours power supply in the State.

The CMD was speaking after paying floral tributes on the birth anniversary of former Deputy Prime Minister Dr Babu Jagjivan Ram at Vidyut Soudha on Thursday. He said the government was able to provide 24-hour power supply to 23 lakh agriculture pump sets in the State for the first time in the history from January 1, 2018.

“This was possible due to close monitoring with precise planning on day-to-day basis and concerted efforts of all the employees,” he said, adding that Telangana was the only State in the country to achieve this distinction to end the despair of farmers. 

Prabhakar Rao said to make the State self-sufficient in power, TSGENCO started projects of 5,880 MW capacity at Manuguru (4x270 MW), Kothagudem (1x800 MW) and Dameracherla (5x800 MW) with an investment of Rs 37,938 crore. The initiative of the State government to develop power through public sector has received appreciation from all over the country. 

The CMD further said the State grid has met a peak demand of 10,284 MW on March 8, 2018 which was a record in the State power sector. Transmission and distribution system were fully geared up to meet the load up to 11000 MW in the coming seasons and to meet this target Rs 12,136 crore was invested for strengthening transmission and distribution system, he added. 

He also said the government’s major initiative in promoting green power through proclamation of ‘Telangana State Solar Policy – 2015’ was appreciated as the best in the country. Solar capacity at the time of the State formation was 30 MW only and now, the State has got the highest installed solar capacity with 3,220 MW and stands number one in the county.

TSTRANSCO JMD C Srinivasa Rao, Directors G Narsing Rao, T Jagath Reddy, J Surya Prakash, TSGENCO Directors M Sachidanandam, Ch Venkata Rajam, S Ashok Kumar and Lalith Kumar were also present.