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Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar informed the Legislative Assembly connected Friday that the authorities was spending ₹13,722 crore to supply escaped energy to farmers crossed the State. He besides stated that 1.10 lakh cultivation energy connections had been sanctioned truthful acold to enactment the farming community.
Replying to a question raised by MLA Maddipati Venkata Raju regarding organisation of cultivation transformers and information concerns successful lipid thenar plantations, the Minister said that 177 cultivation transformers had already been distributed successful the Gopalapuram constituency. An further 239 transformers would beryllium released shortly. He attributed insignificant delays successful organisation to the ongoing cultivation play and assured that the remaining transformers would beryllium supplied soon.
Highlighting the government’s committedness to expanding lipid thenar cultivation, the Minister said peculiar measures were being taken for the payment and improvement of lipid thenar farmers. However, helium expressed interest implicit rising electrical accidents during lipid thenar harvesting.
He explained that galore accidents hap erstwhile robust poles utilized during harvesting travel successful interaction with overhead powerfulness lines, starring to electrocutions. To forestall specified incidents, helium advised the usage of covered fibre-reinforced integrative (FRP) poles alternatively of robust poles. Though FRP poles outgo ₹5,000, their usage, on with due precautions, could importantly trim accidents, helium said, and urged MLAs to make consciousness among farmers and cultivation workers astir adopting harmless practices.
The Minister besides pointed retired that shifting powerfulness lines was an costly process and would beryllium taken up based connected availability of funds. He noted that accidents wer besides occurring due to the fact that houses were being constructed nether powerfulness lines and crops being cultivated straight beneath overhead lines.
In lipid thenar plantations, helium advised leaving capable abstraction nether powerfulness lines to forestall interaction during harvesting, particularly arsenic the trees turn up to 10 meters tall.
Additionally, helium said steps were being taken to code risks posed by low-height transformers and assured that energy section officials would stay vigilant and beryllium acceptable to enactment to forestall accidents.
