Power Franchisee
Reconsider decision, says assn
Manish Sirhindi
Tribune News Service

Panipat, February 5
Following revelations that the state distribution companies are facing a severe shortage of power meters, the Haryana Power Engineers Association has lamented that it appears that neither the state government nor discoms are serious about curtailing transmission losses.

RS Dahiya, president of the association, said discoms had recently placed a work order to a private firm to test power meters already installed on the premises of customers. A large number of meters were found to be either out of order or burnt. The consumers were then asked to provide their own meters. In the meantime, the power utilities continued to register losses.

He said lame excuses were being given by the state government to outsource distribution systems in Gurgaon and Panipat that this would bring down the transmission and commercial losses. However, if the discoms took up the matter seriously, the losses could be brought down considerably. He urged the state government to reconsider the decision to outsource the distribution systems in Gurgaon and Panipat.