Six-month deadline to fix meters for farm power connections

VIJAYAWADA: Minister for Energy Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy has set a six-month deadline for Discoms to complete installation of electricity meters for 18 lakh agriculture connections in the State. Holding a review meeting with the Energy Department officials on Monday, he directed them to expedite works related to the payment of power subsidy to beneficiaries of agricultural connections under the Direct Benefit Transfer mode.