HYDERABAD: To minimise the power shortage in the state, chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao has ordered the officials to lay 200 mw transmission lines from Chhattisgarh.
In order to make the state self-sufficient in power, he asked the officials to step up efforts to generate 20,000 mw in three years. KCR reviewed the status of power availability with senior officials including Genco chairman Prabhakar Rao, and SPDCL MD Mohammed Rizvi at the Secretariat here on Monday.
The officials informed the chief minister that while the demand remained at 7000 mw, the availability of power was 4,400 mw. KCR chalked out short, mid and long-term plans to bail the state out of power crisis. As the first step towards achieving 20,000 mw target in three years, the chief minister directed the officials to step up efforts to generate 6,000 MW immediately.
He also told the officials to constantly hold talks with the Union government to obtain 4,000 MW power from NTPC as promised to the state under the AP Reorganization Act 2014. Further, 1500 MW power available from Vardha-Dichpalli line connecting Northern and Southern Power grids should be obtained, he added.
The chief minister specifically instructed the officials to make use of all available water resources to generate hydel power. He observed that the Telangana state has the possibility of generating 5,000 MW hydel power.
For this, he commissioned a comprehensive survey on Krishna, Godavari, Penuganga, Pranahitha, Manjeera and all water bodies in the state to generate maximum hydel power.
Presently, he opined only a limited power is being generated from Jurala project while it has availability of 11 lakh cusecs of water flow which can be used for generating more power. Further, he listed out several places where the state stand a chance of generating more power including on Krishna and Godavari rivers.
He exuded confidence that in three years the state can provide 24-hour uninterrupted power supply to all including agricultural operations if it can make use of all available resources.
Courtesy: The New Indian Express