Six conferences with the central authorities, a young cancellation, change scheme, but 570 crores obtained out of hand

According to the ability firm, there have been plans to put in sensible meters within the houses of about six lakh 32 thousand electrical energy shoppers in six districts of the state. Under the Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), sensible meters have been to be put in in a single lakh 82 thousand shoppers’ houses in Ambikapur, Korba, Raigad and Rajnandgaon. Later, Raipur and Bilaspur have been additionally added for sensible meters beneath the National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM) within the work plan. The energy firm despatched a proposal in 2018 to put in 3.34 lakh sensible meters in each cities. The goal was once more elevated to 4.5 lakhs by including shoppers to the scheme. The energy firm held six conferences with the central authorities between 2018 and 2020 relating to the scheme. The tender needed to be canceled as soon as to attach the 2 schemes. Plans have been additionally modified and finally the plan fell out of the ability firm. In such a scenario, tens of millions of electrical energy shoppers have additionally been disadvantaged of the sensible meter scheme.

According to officers, the ability firm had a steady assembly with the middle relating to the sensible meter. The matter was getting caught on this quantity. The first choice was to provide 30% of its share to the central authorities, in order that work ought to begin slowly and the state authorities ought to share its share because the plan progresses. At the identical time, within the second choice, the quantity needs to be invested by the corporate. After repeated conferences, as a result of lack of consent, the procedural plan within the information finally succumbed.