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Minsiter for Energy Gottipati Ravi Kumar connected Monday (December 22, 2025) launched an innovative nationalist outreach programme ‘Currentolla Janabata’ nether the jurisdiction of the Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (APSPDCL) astatine Mogarala colony successful Pakala Mandal of Tirupati district.
Along with APSPDC Chairman and Managing Director Shivasankar Lotheti, Chittoor MP Daggumalla Prasad Rao, Chandragiri MLA Pulivarthi Nani, and Puthalapattu MLA K. Murali Mohan, helium besides inaugurated a recently constructed 33/11 KV sub-station astatine the aforesaid village.
Speaking connected the occasion, the Minister said that the programme ‘Currentolla Janabata’ has been launched with the nonsubjective of ensuring speedy redressal of user grievances. Through this initiative, the Electricity Department officials and unit volition regularly sojourn villages wrong the DISCOM limits to inspect 11 KV, LT, and cultivation powerfulness lines, rectify hanging wires, regenerate damaged oregon leaning poles, heighten transformer plinth heights wherever required, instal fencing astir transformers, and instrumentality preventive measures to debar electrical accidents successful schools and Anganwadi premises.
He instructed officials to stay alert and responsive to user issues and emphasised the request to make greater consciousness connected rooftop star systems, particularly successful agrarian areas. The Minister besides interacted with villagers astatine Krishnapuram, inquiring astir powerfulness consumption, billing, and service-related issues.
He informed that the caller sub-station was constructed astatine a outgo of ₹4.09 crore, and would importantly code long-standing debased voltage problems successful the region. He stated that the authorities is giving peculiar absorption to the operation of caller sub-stations crossed the State to permanently resoluteness voltage issues.
The Minister highlighted that the constitution of caller sub-stations is ensuring reliable and prime powerfulness proviso not lone to home consumers but besides to farmers. Providing uninterrupted energy for agriculture, industries, and households remains the superior nonsubjective of the conjugation government, helium added.
Commenting connected powerfulness tariffs, helium criticised the erstwhile YSRCP authorities for hiking energy fares 9 times, imposing an further load of astir ₹20,000 crore connected the public. He stated that the contiguous authorities has taken corrective measures by reducing tariffs done a 13 paise per portion true-down, providing alleviation to consumers. He besides pointed retired that excessive powerfulness purchases astatine precocious rates without adding procreation capableness had accrued the fiscal load connected the nationalist during the erstwhile regime.
