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Energy Minister K. J. George said that the authorities of Karnataka has identified 4.5 lakh unauthorised cultivation pumpsets for regularisation. A connection for the last determination connected continuing the process volition soon beryllium placed earlier the Cabinet, helium informed aft chairing a advancement reappraisal gathering of the Energy Department with legislators and officials of GESCOM and KPTCL astatine the Deputy Commissioner’s bureau successful Hosapete, Vijayanagara territory connected November 25.
Mr. George said that the authorities had already decided that farmers who paid regularisation fees would person authorised powerfulness connections with the required basal infrastructure.
“Pump-sets located wrong 500 metres of an existing energy enactment volition beryllium fixed regular connections, and those beyond that region volition beryllium powered done star pump-sets nether the KUSUM-B strategy with 30% Central and 50% State subsidy,” helium said. He added that star pump-sets could assistance h2o up to 1,000 feet and stressed the request for ‘awareness among farmers astir the benefits of decentralised star power’.
Issuing steadfast directions to energy proviso companies, Mr. George warned that farmers indispensable not beryllium made to transport failed transformers for repairs.
“ESCOM should supply vehicles to bring the transformers from cultivation fields to repair centres. If immoderate unit oregon technologist forces a husbandman to put a vehicle, strict enactment volition beryllium taken,” helium said.
He besides instructed engineers to forestall overloading, observing that ‘transformers neglect chiefly due to the fact that aggregate pump-sets are connected beyond their capacity’.
The Minister said that Karnataka is steadily moving towards powerfulness self-sufficiency and was simultaneously upgrading its organisation network. “To destruct voltage problems, we are establishing 100 caller organisation centres this year,” helium said.
Responding to concerns astir predominant tripping successful agrarian feeders, helium questioned officials straight and directed the GESCOM Managing Director to redistribute workload to amended monitoring astatine the crushed level.
On issues raised by MPs and MLAs regarding the Electricity Vigilance Squad penalising mediocre households for unauthorised home connections, the Minister ordered a impermanent halt to punitive action. “Do not disconnect powerfulness oregon registry cases successful colonies, tandas and number pockets. Submit lone close reports to the ESCOMs. The authorities volition analyse ways to supply authorised connections to the poorest households utilizing DMF, KKRDB, SCP and TSP funds,” helium said.
The Minister responded positively to a connection to make star powerfulness connected the 750-acre field of Hampi Kannada University. “There is important imaginable for star generation. For producing 25 MW, astir 100 acres are needed, and landowners tin beryllium paid ₹30,000 per acre per year,” helium said, directing KPTCL’s method squad to inspect the site.
Mr. George reiterated that the Kalyana Karnataka portion had immense imaginable for decentralised star vigor nether KUSUM-C, particularly connected gross and gram panchayat land.
