HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday warned officials that the government would take stern action if the power supply is interrupted anywhere in the state without a valid reason.
Chairing a review meeting, Revanth said the power supply has increased compared to previous years. He expressed anger at officials for stopping power supply at several places in the state in recent times.
Revanth said that some persons were hatching conspiracies and indulging in false propaganda regarding the power situation to tarnish the state government’s image. He directed officials concerned to effectively counter the propaganda that the state was suffering from power cuts.
The review meeting was held to discuss the implementation of two more of the six guarantees promised by the Congress. During the meeting, the chief minister asked the officials about the power supply situation.
Responding to this, TS Genco and Transco CMD SAM Rizvi said that power supply has increased in the last two months, compared with the corresponding period last year.
Rizvi said that the power supply was recently interrupted in the limits of three substations. When the chief minister asked him the reason for the interruption, the officials said that the local divisional engineers failed to take care of the load fluctuations, which led to the power outages.
The chief minister directed them to take action against those officials who failed to act with responsibility. “If the power supply was disrupted in any area for valid reasons, the officials then should inform consumers well in advance,” Revanth said.
He made it clear that if there is a power outage for more than five minutes in any area, the officials should review the reason immediately. If the power cut is intentional but without a valid reason, then action should be taken against the officials responsible, the Chief Minister said.
Revanth said that the state government has made all arrangements to meet the increasing power demand, especially for February, March and April.