Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (MVVNL) managing director Anil Dhingra ordered the installation of 79 lakh prepaid smart meters, besides the construction of 150 new substations in its area.
With the construction of sub-stations, the corporation will be successful in eliminating the problem of low voltage and rostering. With a better power supply there will be an expected increase in revenue also, MD added.
In a press meet on Wednesday, Dhingra said, “We want to develop Lucknow as a model city in the country where all the overhead wires of broadband and cables would be removed from the electricity poles. Not only this, all efforts would be made to make the electricity supply in the city underground, this would help in improving the power supply as per international standard, besides checking power theft. The wires would go underground in areas where power theft is maximum.”
