<div><strong>Simar Singh</strong><br><br>Over the course of the next three years, the Haryana government plans to commission 215 additional sub-stations of different capacities across the state, with the view of strengthening the distribution and transmission infrastructure.</div><div> </div><div>Further, the state administration wants to augment as many as 418 existing sub-stations. An official spokesperson told PTI that there were plans of laying 3,171 kilometres of transmission lines over the coming three years.</div><div> </div><div>The Manohar Lal Khattar led government has initiated several schemes to improve the power situation in Haryana.</div><div> </div><div>In July the Haryana government had announced the launch of a voluntary scheme ‘Mhara Gaon – Jagmag Gaon’.This is aimed at working towards the provision of 24-hour uninterrupted supply to domestic consumers in rural areas and improving electricity bill collections to combat the accumulated losses of power utilities.</div><div> </div><div>The spokesperson further said that an outlay of Rs. 316 crore had been approved by the central government under the ‘Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana’, to stabilise the distribution system in rural areas.</div><div> </div><div>The decision to develop a ‘Smart Grid’ in Gurgaon has also been taken by the state. This will be done in collaboration with the central government and is estimated to cost Rs. 7,000 crore. Solving problems of power outages in the satellite city is a key area of concern for the government.</div><div> </div><div>Most recently, the decision to hike power tariffs lead to criticism across the state. This compelled the Haryana Electricity Regulation Commission to issue a revised tariff order, bringing down electricity costs for domestic consumers and making a provision for households to pay off their dues in instalments.</div><div> </div>
