Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Haryana To Enhance Power Supply In Rural Areas

Chandigarh: Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam on Tuesday said that two-phase power supply would be ensured in rural areas for domestic consumers from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. and 6-30 p.m. to 10-30 p.m. daily in view of the ensuing examinations of students.

These consumers would also get power when three-phase power is supplied for tube-wells for agriculture and public health water works for drinking water purpose, said an official release. The Nigam would supply electricity in two groups to the tube-well consumers. The farmers would get electricity for six hours in the night group and for five hours during the day group with additional one hour supply for drinking water. The timings of rural groups will change alternatively, it said.

A spokesman for the Nigam said on Tuesday that in view of the present demand and availability of electricity the supply would be regulated for more than seven hours on urban and mixed urban feeders supplying power mainly to the domestic category consumers during different time slots daily. The duration of restrictions would vary from 60 to 90 minutes in one slot in district Ambala, Yamuna Nagar, Kurukshetra, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonepat, Kaithal, Karnal, Panipat and Jind.

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