Govt out to make Telangana power surplus: KTR

Minister says 4,000 crore would be allocated to strengthen power sector

• Says CM planning to set up an ‘Island Power Station’ to meet the growing needs of people
• Govt making every effort to transform Hyderabad into a global city

Hyderabad: People in the State will get uninterrupted power supply, according to Minister for Panchayat Raj K T Rama Rao here on Friday.

Speaking to media persons here, KTR said not less than Rs 4,000 crore would be allocated to strengthen the power sector and turn the Telangana State into “a power surplus State” increasing the power generation to 24,000 MW by 2019.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was planning to set up an “Island Power Station” to cater to the needs of growing population. The 18-month old TRS government was making every effort to transform Hyderabad into a global city and spent about Rs 1,920 crore to ensure uninterrupted power supply, he said.

“A scientific approach adopted by the TRS has led to succeess of our efforts to ensure uninterrupted power by setting up a ring shape power facility. This will help us when Srisailam Hydel project or others gets disrupted.” “We have spent Rs 88 crore to lay a 400 KV power line at a 78 km stretch.

To ensure this, seven power sub-stations have been set up at a cost of Rs 893 crore in May and eight more will be set up by March next at a cost of Rs 692 crore. Nine more power sub-stations will be erected by spending Rs 334 crore. We are also providing 30 tmcft dedicated waters through Krishna phase III and Godavari waters to Hyderabad”, he added.