Maharashtra: Govt to spend Rs 2,500 crore on energy infra improvement

The state power division is ready to spend Rs 2,500 crore every year on infrastructure improvement of state-owned energy distribution firm Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (Mahavitaran). The choice is important to spice up industrial improvement, Energy Minister Nitin Raut mentioned on Friday.
Of the Rs 2,500 crore, round Rs 1,500 crore will probably be put aside for energisation of agriculture pumps and Rs 1,000 crore for strengthening infrastructure in industrial and concrete areas.
This was determined in a gathering held between Raut and Mahavitaran officers on Thursday in Mumbai. The fund will probably be spent on infrastructure improvement, together with erection of recent sub-stations, set up of distribution transformers and building of high-tension and low-tension wires.

“We will spend Rs 800 crore on power infrastructure development in Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation areas in the next three years. Another Rs 1,000 crore will be spent on setting up new sub-stations, transformers and bifurcation of existing sub-divisions during this period. Besides, Rs 1,200 crore will be spent to strengthen power infrastructure in urban areas in three years,” Raut informed mediapersons on Friday.
He additionally directed Mahavitaran to regularise all unauthorised agriculture pump connections inside a 30 m distance from electrical provide poles. As per authorities estimates, there are 4.85 lakh unauthorised agriculture pump connections within the state. Of these, 30 per cent are positioned inside 30 m from electrical provide poles. “I have directed officials to regularise all these connections by March 31,” Raut mentioned.