Telangana to supply 24-hour power supply to Agriculture Sector

Hyderabad, Nov 5: The Telangana Government has decided to supply 24-hour quality and uninterrupted power supply to agriculture sector on an experimental basis in the entire state from tomorrow.

Already 24-hour quality power is being supplied on an experimental basis in the old three districts.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has ordered that all the districts should get free and quality power 24-hour supply for agriculture from March-April 2018 and accordingly the Electricity organizations have been making arrangements in this regard for the past one year.

Now, these arrangements have come to the final stages. Measures are ready to give 24-hour power supply to the farm sector, he said.



For the supply of free and quality power to farmers, the Chief Minister held a discussion with TS Genco CMD D Prabhakar Rao on Sunday, an official statement here said.

The Chief Minister instructed that all the arrangements for distribution and supply systems should be in place for 24-hour power to farmers by March-April 2018.

Mr. Prabhakar Rao said that on an experimental basis 24-hour power supply would be given from Monday night for 5 or 6 days all over the state for the farm sector. The CMD suggested that based on the feedback after supplying the 24-hour power, follow up actions will be taken. For this, the Mr. Rao has given his consent.