Piyush Goyal's big power push to get real
The government is aiming at information technologydriven power distribution in the next three years that will allow users to get a supply status at 4,041 urban towns on a real-time basis.
- Jul 29, 2016,
- Updated Jul 29, 2016 10:43 AM IST
The government is aiming at information technology driven power distribution in the next three years that will allow users to get a supply status at 4,041 urban towns on a real-time basis.
Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said once this project is up and running, the consumers can get the information through the URJA mobile application. All 4,041 urban towns in the country will be ITenabled in the next three years.
Stressing on the need for transparency and accountability, the minister urged everyone to monitor data monthly on Urja mobile app (www.urjaindia.co.in) and seek better services from their discoms.
The minister on Thursday kicked off the induction programme of the Urban Vidyut Abhiyantas (UVAs) Which will involve as many as 48 engineers being roped in to assist the power discoms, to facilitate better consumer connect and monitoring of Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS).
The UVAs with an experience of 3-15 years in project management, distribution franchisee and infrastructure sector will be positioned at every discom. As many as 50 discoms will be covered under the programme.
The current model follows the success of Grameen Vidyut Abhiyantas (GVAs) in expediting rural electrification across the country. The minister quoted Mahatma Gandhi, terming consumer as the king. "We have to focus on the con-Piyush's big power push to get real sumer. Whatever we do will ultimately affect us as we are also consumers of same services," he added.
The government has already approved the expenditure for covering an additional 2,636 urban towns. The tenders will be floated soon, a senior official said. Under the old Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme, as many as 1,405 urban towns were to be covered for making those IT enabled. The work has already been completed in 1,222 urban towns.
State-run Power Finance Corporation is the nodal agency for the operationalisation of the IPDS Programme. While these UVAs will report to state discoms executive heads, they will be paid remuneration by the central government. The Minister interacted with newly recruited UVAs and motivated them to work with full commitment in their respective discoms and be a part of nation building and create a movement towards better Power. Goyal further said that the most critical feature of the success that we have achieved so far, and what we hope to achieve in the next three years is cleaning up every system to make it corruption free.
He said quality standards of highest order would have to be maintained at work so that the entire infrastructure that is created is robust and sustains the needs of this country for years to come and leaves behind a legacy that the nation can be proud of.
The government is aiming at information technology driven power distribution in the next three years that will allow users to get a supply status at 4,041 urban towns on a real-time basis.
Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said once this project is up and running, the consumers can get the information through the URJA mobile application. All 4,041 urban towns in the country will be ITenabled in the next three years.
Stressing on the need for transparency and accountability, the minister urged everyone to monitor data monthly on Urja mobile app (www.urjaindia.co.in) and seek better services from their discoms.
The minister on Thursday kicked off the induction programme of the Urban Vidyut Abhiyantas (UVAs) Which will involve as many as 48 engineers being roped in to assist the power discoms, to facilitate better consumer connect and monitoring of Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS).
The UVAs with an experience of 3-15 years in project management, distribution franchisee and infrastructure sector will be positioned at every discom. As many as 50 discoms will be covered under the programme.
The current model follows the success of Grameen Vidyut Abhiyantas (GVAs) in expediting rural electrification across the country. The minister quoted Mahatma Gandhi, terming consumer as the king. "We have to focus on the con-Piyush's big power push to get real sumer. Whatever we do will ultimately affect us as we are also consumers of same services," he added.
The government has already approved the expenditure for covering an additional 2,636 urban towns. The tenders will be floated soon, a senior official said. Under the old Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme, as many as 1,405 urban towns were to be covered for making those IT enabled. The work has already been completed in 1,222 urban towns.
State-run Power Finance Corporation is the nodal agency for the operationalisation of the IPDS Programme. While these UVAs will report to state discoms executive heads, they will be paid remuneration by the central government. The Minister interacted with newly recruited UVAs and motivated them to work with full commitment in their respective discoms and be a part of nation building and create a movement towards better Power. Goyal further said that the most critical feature of the success that we have achieved so far, and what we hope to achieve in the next three years is cleaning up every system to make it corruption free.
He said quality standards of highest order would have to be maintained at work so that the entire infrastructure that is created is robust and sustains the needs of this country for years to come and leaves behind a legacy that the nation can be proud of.