Energy minister AK Sharma has directed distribution companies (discoms) to soon prepare a blueprint for an effective execution of the Centre’s Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) with a view to providing 24×7 electricity to people in Uttar Pradesh.
Sharma issued directions in this regard and with regard to several other issues in a review meeting here on Tuesday. He said progress of the implementation of the RDSS must be regularly monitored by senior officials in government and in the UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL). “Accountability of the officers concerned should also be fixed,” he said while laying stress on the need for effecting a change in the present structure of the power distribution system.
Expressing unhappiness over non-implementation of the new scheme so far, the minister directed officials to take steps for an early execution of the ambitious project that came with a budget allocation (for U.P.) of ₹5,000 crore.
