Since Uttarakhand Power Corporation is a commercial organization,
it is absolutely necessary to have correct recording of energy received
and energy sold. For this purpose provision has been made to install
electronic meters at all S/s and all industrial feeders as well
as commercial consumers. Further, attempt has been made to cover
about 100% of L&F consumers under electronic metering. This arrangement
will block all possibilities of pilferage of energy or manipulation
of consumption by consumers on one hand and will enable the department
to identify loss prone areas and analyse the reasons of high losses.
As the state of Uttarakhand covers mostly hilly region in which
villages are scattered and far-flung, electrification is not a profitable
preposition. It the norms of minimum 15% return on electrification
are adhered to, a very few villages will be covered. Since electricity
is now a necessity and no longer a luxury, all the people have to
be provided with the benefits of electricity. Thus electrification
is an obligation on the Government for social upliftment of its
people. It is, therefore, strongly stressed that expenses being
incurred in electrification work must be such managed so that interest
burden can be minimized along with maximum support possible from
the Govt. as no commercial organization can survive with recurring
losses by executing economically non-viable works, like rural electrification. |