The Union power ministry has directed states to set up ‘district electricity committees’ to oversee the implementation of all power-related schemes of the central government.
The committees will be headed by the most senior MP in the district, with the other district MPs as co-chairpersons. The district collector will be the member secretary of the committee, who, along with the district’s chief or superintendent engineer of the discom, will be responsible for conducting meetings of the committees at least once in three months to review and coordinate overall development. The heads of the district panchayat and the MLAs will also be members of the committee.
