Telangana Govt ensuring 9-hour power supply to farmers

Hyderabad: Minister for Power Jagadish Reddy on Thursday said that the State government was providing uninterrupted nine- hour power supply for the Yasangi crop.

Speaking at a review meeting on the nine-hour power supply to farmers here, the Minister said that the Telangana government was providing 24 hour power supply to domestic and commercial users.

He said that there was 8,300 megawatts of power supply now and said that 9,500 megawatt power supply would be required by March in the State. He said that in order to supply nine hour power supply to farmers, 5,500 megawatts of power was required.

The Minister directed the officials to ensure that the power transformers were replaced within 24-hours in case they fail due to overload. He warned that the officials would be held responsible even if an acre of crop fails due to lack of irrigation water supply because of no power supply.

The Minister assured farmers that their applications for power meters/ supply would be considered at the earliest and directed the officials not to keep those applications pending.