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A monthly house journal of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Hisar
Issue - 12May - 2007 Page - 24
A monthly house journal of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Hisar
DHBVN draws up an ambitious annual development planThe Dakshin Haryana Bijli
Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has drawn upan amb i t i ous annua l cap i t a ldevelopment plan of over Rs. 876crores to strengthen and augment powerdistribution system in its area comprisingof the districts of Sirsa,Fatehabad, Hisar, Bhiwani,Mahendragarh, Rewari, Mewat,GurgaonandFaridabad.
The Nigam plans toconstruct 37 new sub-stations of33 KV level and augmentcapacity of 10 existing substations of 33 KV level during thefinancial year 2007-08. With thecompletion of this constructionwork at a cost of Rs. 37 crores,the capacity of transmission anddistribution system would beaugmented by385 MVA.
An amount of Rs.139crores has been earmarked forbifurcation of 100 lengthier andoverloaded feeders of 11 KV levelduring the year under Rajiv GandhiGramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY).Under this scheme, all the ruralhouseholds, including those who areBelow Poverty Line (BPL), will be givenelectric connections.
A major emphasis in theannual outlay has been given tosegregation of rural domestic load fromrural agricultural load. This Rs. 268crores scheme has been introduced forgiving regular power supply todomestic consumers in villages forlighting purpose. Under this scheme,490 existing feeders of 11 KV level areto be segregated and 358 new feedersare to be erected.
Yet another major scheme forstrengthening power distributionsystem in the area of DHBVN is toprovide High Voltage Distribution
System (HVDS) and Low VoltageDistribution System (LVDS) in the villagesand urban localities. An amount of Rs.258crores has been earmarked for thisscheme. This scheme would not only
ensure a quality power supply in rural areabut also promote efficient and rational useof e lectr ic i ty, thus, encouragingconservation of electricity.
A provision of Rs. 160 crore hasbeen kept for demand side managementactivities. Impetus to demand sidemanagement activities has been givenbecause the lapse between peak demandand lean demand in Haryana is high anddue to increased load during peak demandhours, the Nigam is compelled to imposepower cuts. This load can be managed byway of energy conservation. To assistsystem operation, an area Load DispatchCentre is also to be provided at a cost ofRs. 2.25 crore.
The DHBVN plans to installmeters at all distribution transformers andall feeders at a cost of Rs. 16.50 crore.Prepaid metering will also be introducedduring the financial year. The Nigam plansto install one lac meters during the year forthis purpose.
Under the plan, the DHBVN would
erect additional 20,200 Kilometer longpower distribution lines and would add6810 distribution transformers in theexisting dense network of powerdistribution. The Nigam plans to release82,690 new connections in its area.
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Inside PageAdministrative Matter 2
Consumer come in mainstream 3
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Dial 1912 to contact DHBVN 5
Right to get services 7
Meetings with CCA 8
Serious Effort to Check Theft 9
A.T. & C. Losses 10
Incentive for regular bill payers 11
Schemes for T&D system 12
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Massive compaign against theft 15
Tech-Tonic 16
DHBVN Family 17
Ensure adequate supply 18
Health 19
Minimum consumption of inputs 20
First four villages with 100% metering 21
Employee Darbar 6
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PROMOTION
Name of the Officer Present posting Proposed PostingS/Sh.
Smt. Veena Vohra DGM/Energy Audit., GM/EA & PowerFaridabad Procurement
designated asGM/Customer CareCum Energy Audit.Hisar
TRANSFERName of the Officer Present posting Proposed PostingSmt. Veena Vohra GM/EA & Power GM/IT Hisar
Procurementdesignated asGM/Customer CareCum Energy Audit. Hisar
Sh. R.K. Sehgal GM/IT, Hisar GM/Customer carecum-EA, Hisar
Sh. R.N. Garg DGM/Techinical DGM OP Old Divn.Audit, Hisar Faridabad
Sh. P.P. Mittal DGM OP Old Divn. DGM/EA.,Faridabad Faridabad
Sh. Veer Bhan DGM/System DGM/Works O/OOperation, Hisar GM OP Circle,
BhiwaniSmt. Manju Punia AE, on return from AE/MM, Hisar
maternity leaveSh. R.P. Gupta JE-I working gainst JE-I against the
the post of SDO OP post of SDO S/US/Divn. Nangal S/Divn. Rewari inChoudhary his own pay scale
Sh. Jagir Singh JE-I working against JE-I against thethe post of SDO S/U post of SDO OPS/Divn. Rewari S/Divn. Kosli in his
own pay scale
The Chairman, Haryana powertransmission & distribution corporationsLt. Gen. (Retd.) O.S. Lohchab hasappreciated Mr. S.P. Dagar, Asstt. Gen.Manager Operation Sub-Division SouthCity Gurgaon and Mr. S.S. Kumar Asstt.Gen. Manager (Retd.) Operation Sub-Division Ding (Sirsa) for their
outstanding performance in the matter of revenuerecovery during the period from July to December 2006.
July 2006 119.78%
Aug 2006 102.35%
Sep 2006 101.60%
Oct 2006 100.21%
Nov 2006 103.45%
Dec 2006 111.85%All six months recoveries are 100% or more
than 100%. Hence this Sub-Division is rated as Firstamong Urban Sub-Divisions.
South City S/D, Gurgaon
(Op) Sub-Division, DingRecovery from July2006 to December 2006
Recovery from July2006 to December 2006
July 2006 101.92%
Aug 2006 101.98
Sep 2006 94.48%
Oct 2006 108.96%
Nov 2006 114.27%
Dec 2006 124.24%For five months, recoveries are more than
100% and in one month it is 94.48%. The Sub-Divisionis rated as first among rural Sub-Divisions.
Chairman lauds performance of officials
Sh. S.P. Dagar
Sh. S.S. Kumar
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9.21 lakh defaulting consumer come in mainstream: LavasaThe Electricity Bills Waiver
Scheme evoked a good responseand more than 9.21 lakh consumerswho were not able to pay theirelectricity bills in time opted for thescheme and started paying theircurrent bills regularly.
Giving details, Mr AshokLavasa, Financial Commissioner
and Principal Secretary, Power, Haryana said atChandigarh onApril 10 last that the main aim of launchingthe scheme was to bring back the non paying consumersto the mainstream. The State had 13.86 lakh consumers,who were not able to pay their electricity bills in time,including 2.53 lakh tubewell consumers as on June 16,2005,when thescheme was launched.He said that the scheme was meant for the domestic andtubewell consumers of the rural areas. The total defaultingamountagainst theseconsumerswasRs.1600crore.
It was observed that in the absence of anypermanent solution of the problem for more than adecade, the electricity bills had accumulated and therewas a need to give an opportunity to the consumers andinculcate a habit in them of making payment of thecurrent bills by breaking an impasse. In the scheme, itwas made mandatory that the consumers, who desiredto opt for the scheme, would be required to makepayment of their current bills for 20 months periodregularly. There had been a provision of bi-monthlybilling for domestic consumers and monthly billing forthe tubewell consumers. It was decided that the totalpending amount prior to June 2005 of the consumers,who were not able to pay their electricity bills in time,would be waived off after regular payment of bills by thedefaulters.He said that the Government gave sufficientopportunity to such non paying consumers for joiningthe scheme. They were allowed to opt for the schemewith effect from June, 2005 by making payment of theircurrent bills without surcharge and by depositingnominal late fee. This decision was a help in bringinggood results. About 15 to 20 per cent consumers optedfor the scheme during the period of extensions of thescheme, he added.It was also decided to extend the scheme for thehorticulture connections, tubewells owned by grampanchayats, domestic connections of communitycentres like village chaupals and the Governmentschools in the villages. Further, concessions weregiven specially to disconnected tubewells by depositinghalf of the applicable charges required forreconnection.Mr Lavasa further stated that after implementation ofthe waiver scheme, the non paying consumersdeposited Rs. 333.79 crore against their currentelectricity bills of 20 months period i.e. with effect fromJune, 2005 to February, 2007. Those consumers whohave paid regularly have been benefited to the extent of
Rs. 1206 crore by having their arrears written off duringthe 20 months period of the scheme that is with effectfrom June 2005 to February, 2007. The StateGovernment is compensating the Utilities by providingmonthly subsidy.He said that it was clear that the Government gaveample opportunities to the consumers, who were notable to pay their electricity bills in time, to becomeregular payers. However, some consumers did not jointhe scheme against whom the Utilities would be takingmeasures of permanent disconnection for whichinstructions have been issued to the field officers bythe Power Utilities. The financial health of the Utilitiesdoes not permit them to supply power free of cost or in anunauthorized manner. The Utilities have been directedto launch a vigorous campaign against non payingconsumers, both in the urban and rural areas and stepup measures against the theft of electricity, he added.
The Electricity BillsWaiver Scheme evoked a good response in the area ofthe Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nitran (DHBVN).
Out of total 6.23 lakh non paying consumers, ason June 16, 2005 when the scheme was launched, morethan 4.03 lakh consumers opted for the scheme andstarted paying their current bills regularly. Thus, about65 per cent of the defaulting consumers have startedpaying their bills regularly. The number of defaulter tubewell consumers was 1.05 lakh, out of which over 85thousand have started paying their bills regularly. Themain aim of launching the scheme was to bring back thenon paying consumers to the mainstream.
Total arrears against these consumers wereabout Rs. 725 crore, out of which an amount of Rs. 566crore would be waived off. The arrear against theconsumers of district Bhiwani was Rs. 312 crore of whichRs. 287crores would be waived off under the scheme.Arrears in districts Mahendragarh, Hisar, Faridabad,Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Rewari, Sirsa and Mewat wereRs. 94 crore, Rs.91 crore, Rs.62 crore, Rs.57 crore,Rs.47 crore, Rs. 25 crore, Rs, 20 crore and Rs. 17 croreout of which Rs. 78 crore, Rs. 55 crore, Rs. 27 crore, Rs. 48crore, Rs. 32 crore, Rs. 17 crore, Rs. 14 crore and Rs. Ninecrore respectivelywould be waived off.
Response in the area of DHBVN:
Commissioning of DCRTP”s first unit in NovemberThe first unit of 300 MW capacity of
Yamunanagar Thermal Power Plant would becommissioned by November this year and its second unitof an equal capacity would be commissioned in February2008. This project is being constructed at an estimatedcost of about Rs 2400 crore and is a significant project togenerate power. This project would supply 144 lakh unitsof power per day to the State grid. Over 7000 workers areworking round-the-clock to complete this ambitiousproject. About 75 per cent of the work has since beencompleted during last 18 months. The State Governmentaims at adding 5000 MW of generation capacity duringnext three years to abridge gap between demand andsupply.
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Dial 1912 to contact DHBVNIn order to mitigate the grievances of its consumers
promptly, the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam
(DHBVN) has provided one single interface telephone
number of the Nigam for all its consumers in each
district.
All consumers of a district may call the Nigam at
only one Telephone No. 1912. The Telephone number is
toll free. The consumers from urban as well as rural
areas can contact the DHBVN on this toll free number for
getting registered their complaints and for enquiries
also. On receiving a call from a consumer related to
matters other than outage, the computer would generate
a receipt of the call. The Nigam would arrange to deliver
the receipt to the concerned consumer by next dak
informing him about the date up to which his grievance
would be redressed.
The Bijli Suvidha Kendras (BSK) will provide 24
hours service and the facility of getting the complaints
lodged with BSK would now be available to all rural as
well as urban consumers. Asoftware, that would be able
to record seniority No., name of complainant, father's
name, address, contact No., type of complaint,
convenient time of visiting , remarks, etc. and that would
also automatically apply Haryana Electricity Regulatory
Commission's time frame for each complaint for the aid
of consumers and Nigam's officials, is being developed
by the Nigam. Printed acknowledgement card
monitoring date and time of complaint and prescribed
time frame for disposal shall be sent to the consumer by
registered post.
The BSK, while attending billing issues and other
matters, would explain to the consumers, the procedures
of various matters, the documents required and
prescribed charges payable. In case of request of new
connection for domestic and non-domestic category, the
applicant would be asked to suggest a fixed date and
time when he will be at home and in position to make
available the required documents/charges. An official of
DHBVN would visit the house at scheduled time carrying
with him the complete file, digital camera for
photographs, etc. After site verification and taking
photograph, the official will get file of "Agreement and
Application form" with supported documents. The
payment of charges will be accepted in the shape of
demand draft or local cheque. In case, any consumer
does not have account in bank, the payment of charges
can be accepted in cash also. After getting, the
formalities completed at the home of the applicant the
STRENGTHENING POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMTo strengthen power transmission and
distribution system in the state, the Haryana PowerUtilities commissioned 19 new sub-stations, augmentedcapacity of 44 existing sub-stations and constructed469.221 km long transmission lines with a totalinvestment of Rs. 203.24 crore during the financial year2006.07.
The new sub-stations include one 220 KV substation at Bahadurgarh, three 132 KV sub-stations atRasina, MIE Bahadurgarh and Teliwara, four 66 KVSub-stations at Gangori, Gulab Nagar, Bhagola andPunhana and eleven 33 KV sub-stations at Serla,Sector 6 HUDA, Karnal, Industrial Area Narnaul,
Khanak, Mohamdki, Rasidon, Bamnauli, FerozepurBanger, Nandha, Budhanpur and Jhansa roadKurukshetra.
The existing sub-stations whose capacity hasbeen augmented include five 220 KV sub-stations atTepla, Rohtak, Bahadurgarh, Rohtak and Rewari,eleven 132 KV sub stations at Jhajjar, Dharsul, Kaithal,Loharu, Madhosinghana, Ram Nagria, Shahpur Begu,Dadri-1, Beer, Malikpur and Dhamtan Sahib, seven 66KV sub-stations at Chhachhrauli, Adhoya, Raipur Rani,Barnala, Maruti Gurgaon, Hodal and Dhauj and twentyone 33 KV sub-stations spread over in most of thedistricts in the State.
Capacity of Hodel and Dhauj substations augmentedThe Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam
(HVPN)has augmented capacity of its two sub-stations
of 66 KV level at Hodal and Dhauj at a cost of rupees
three crore.
The capacity of 66KV sub-station, Dhauj has
been augmented by 8 MVA by replacing an old
transformer of 8 MVA with new transformer of 16 MVA
capacity. While for augmenting the capacity of 66 KV
sub-station, Hodal an additional transformer of 8 MVA
capacity has been set up at the sub station. With the
augmentation of capacity of these two 66 KV sub-
stations , about 10,000 consumers of various categories
of Crusher Zone, Pali , area of Hodal town, and
nine villages getting power supply through 11KV
feeders, City-I, City-II, City-III, City-IV of Hodal and
Dhauj, Phakhar, D-I Crusher, D-II, Irrigation would get
benefit of improved voltage and uninterrupted power
supply. The beneficiaries include 77 high tension (HT)
industries and 58 other industries, besides agriculture,
domestic and non-domestic consumers.
With the increase in capacity of substations,
the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) will
be able to release pending power connections in the
area.
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EMPLOYEE DARBARAn employee darbar was held at Sirsa on
21.4.2007 in which a large number of employees
participated. In the Darbar, first of all, difficulties beingexperienced were discussed with the employees.Thereafter, employees were properly educated on thelatest instructions of the Nigam. Detailed instructionswere also given on maintenance of 11 KV Breakers, may
be of OCB type or VCB type and repturing capacity of thebreakers and their proper upkeep.
After the discussions a tug of war match was
held in between the employees after dividing them in twoteams. The employees who were declared winners,were rewarded with one CFL each on behalf of theNigam.
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DHBVN consumers get right to get services in time bound mannerThe Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam
(DHBVN) has decided to give rights to its consumers to
get their grievances redressed in time bound manner.
The Nigam has fixed periodicity for
completing/redressing each type of complaint or
grievance. In case any consumer's grievance is not
redressed within the prescribed period, he will have the
right to contact the next higher authority i.e. General
Manager, Consumer Care Centres (CCC) and then
Director/Operations for Hisar Zone (Bhiwani, Sirsa,
Fatehabad and Hisar) and Director/Projects for Delhi
Zone (Mewat, Rewari, Narnaul, Gurgaon, Faridabad). In
case, the consumer is not satisfied even up to the level of
these senior officers, he can contact the Managing
Director of DHBVN after expiry of prescribed period. The
Nigam has given specific telephone numbers for this
purpose at each level redressal of grievance.
A consumer having any type of complaint may
get i t lodged at concerned Bi j l i Suv idha
Kendra/Customer Care Centre, on telephone or in
person. He will be given a unique complaint number and
told the time in which the complaint or grievance is to be
likely to be attended. In case his complaint is not
attended in the given time, he may contact GM, CCC at
mobile number 9992100045. After two hours, If he is not
satisfied at the level of the GM, he may contact the
Director (Operations) at telephone number 9992100040
or the Director (Projects) at telephone number
9992100035 depending upon the district to which he
belongs. In case the consumer is not satisfied even at
the level of Directors, he may contact the Managing
Director (MD) at telephone number 9992100033.
However, he should tell the unique memberof complaint.
As per standards fixed by the Nigam, giving
rights to its consumers, a normal fuse blown would be
rectified with in four hours in urban area and 8 hours in
rural area. The time limit for restoration of supply in case
of breakdown will be eight hours in urban area and 16
hours in rural area. In case any transformer fails, the time
of restoration of supply will be 24 hours and 72 hours in
urban area and rural area respectively. For major power
fa i lu re invo lv ing power Sub-s ta t ion leve l
transformer/equipment, the prescribed time will be 30
days; however, alternate arrangement of supply will be
made with in 24 hours.
A complaint relating to replacement of slow or
fast meter, creeping or stuck meter or brunt meter (due to
consumer's fault) and checking the correctness of meter
would be resolved within a time of 7 days. Replacement
of meter required in all other cases will be done with in 24
hours of payment of charges by consumer. A new
connection or additional load or a temporary connection
will be released with in a period of one month if service is
feasible from the existing network. An agriculture pump
set will also be energized with in one month after
attaining seniority; however, the number of
new connections shall be limited to the target fixed for
the year. The period for change of ownership and
change of tariff category is fixed as 7 days and time for
single phase to three phase from LT to HT and vice versa
will be 30 days.
Redressal of complaints relating to bills will be
resolved within 24 hours if no additional information is
required and with in 7 days if additional information is
required. Reconnection of supply, following
disconnection, will be done with in 36 hours of receipt of
payment in urban area and with in 72 hours of receipt of
payment in rural areas. Refund of advance consumption
deposit, consumption security or meter security will be
released with in 30 days of receipt of request. A no dues
certificate will be issued latest by 5 PM of next day of
receipt of request. The time limit for shifting of
meter/service connection, LT/HT lines and transformer
structure will be 15 days, 45 days and 60 days
respectively.
In addition, DHBVN has decided to give the
consumers the rights of corruption free services,
relating to power supply, to be provided with respect and
dignity and to get their complaints lodged either through
direct communication or through telephone or through
Internet services and get an acknowledgement.
A complaint can be individual complaint such as
supply failure in an individual premises or a general
complaint like pole-leaning etc. A consumer is required
to specify the exact nature of complaint, location,
telephone number, and name etc. for lodging general
complaint However, the consumers need not provide any
detail relating to his individual service connection. In
case of individual consumer complaint, the consumer is
required to provide detail relating to his service number,
phone number and name along with nature of the
complaint.
After registering complaint, the BSK executive
will provide unique registration number. which should be
retained by the consumer for further status enquiry. The
consumer will be informed about the time frame within
which the complaint will be rectified. In case, the
consumer wishes to enquiry status of the registered
complaint, he is well-come to call up 1912 or other BSK
number and enquire about the status. Once complaint is
rectified, the BSK executive will call the consumers to
inform. In case complaint is not rectified in stipulated
time, or not rectified to the consumer's satisfaction, the
complaint is to be escalated to notice of higher
authorities for prompt remedial action..
DHBVN has classified the complaints pertaining
to power supply and has fixed time for rectification of
each type of complaint. Complaints are classified either
as “Section Related or Supply Related,” the details of
which are as follows:-
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Sr.No. Type of Complaint Nature of Complaint Service Level time Frame
1. Normal Fuse-off calls Supply failureTotal area 6 Actual hours.2. Supply failure-Individual 4 working hours.
Supply failure-1 phase 4 working hours.Dim supply 6 actual hours.SC wire broken 6 actual hrs.SC wire loose connection 4 working hoursSparking on pole 24 hrs.Supply failed total area 6 actual hrs.Frequent Failure of power supply 24 hoursOver Head Line/Cable Break Down 6 Actual hours.Under Ground Cable Break Down 12 actual hrs.Scheduled outages 12 actual hours.SC wire Damage 7 days.Meter Burnt 7 daysVoltage Fluctuation 10 days.Low voltage 10 daysHigh voltage 10 days.
2. Transformer Related Transformer-smoke/Flames 24 hours.Transformer-cable/Lugs burnt 24 hours.Transformer sparking at Pole 24 hours.Transformer-oil leakage 24 hours.DTR failure(Cities & Towns) 24 hoursDTR failure(Rural) 2 days.
3. Pole Related complaints Pole shocked 6 actual hours.Pole leaning 10 days.Pole Fell Down 6 actual hours.Pole rusted/damaged 10 days.
4. Line Related Complaints Line snapped 6 actual hours.Line Bunched/twisted 6 actual hours.Line Tree Branches Touch in 5 days.Loose span 10 daysStay wire cut 10 days.
5. Other Supply related 10 days.
Customer care adviser meeting at Mahendragarh
Meetings with customer care advisorsThe CCA's meet was held on 11.4.07 in
Customer Care Building at Sirsa. Ist of all, points raised/discussed in the previous meeting were consideredand there after latest developments taking place in theNigam were informed to the CCA's including energy
conservation /saving by using CFLs.ASarpanch in whose village the existing system
stands converted to LVDS/ HVDS will be allotted twoGVPs for that village in case the village is declared as aCFL village. In the meeting, it was also informed that incase a farmer uses ISI mark electric motor from a
prescribed standard company and replacesexisting pumpsets with BEE star rated pumpsets, thena distribution transformer will be installed at histubewell free of cost. The CCAs were also informedabout arranging “Jan Chetna Rally “ in 50 villages of
the district on 23.4.07, to convey the messagesagainst theft of energy and use of method of energyconservation.
The CCAs were happy to learn that there can be alot of saving in energy conservation if star rated fridges&A.C.s, etc. are used.
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A SERIOUS EFFORT TO CHECK THEFT OF ELECTRICITYThe Haryana Power Utilities have
made a comprehensive plan to curb the
theft of electricity for which technical and
administrative measures would be
initiated effectively. At present, the total
Aggregate Technical & Commercial
(AT&C) losses are 40 per cent and the
financial health of the Utilities does not allow pilferage of
electricity in the State.
It was stated by Lt. Gen. (Retd.) O.S. Lohchab,
Chairman Haryana Power Utilities while talking to media
persons at Panchkula on April 16 last. He said that a
team of the power distribution corporations has recently
visited Vadodra (Gujrat) and its sub-urbs to find out
various methods of curbing theft of energy and the
methodsofachieving higherconsumersatisfaction level.
Mr L.R. Dabas, IG Police and Director /
Vigilance & Security, Haryana Power
Utilities said that the State loses 25 per
cent of the total distributed power
everyday due to theft and there were 15
per cent AT&C losses which resulted in
direct loss of revenue. The Power
Utilities are making sincere efforts to change the
mindset of the general consumers for which a State
wide campaign has been launched. The rallies of
students have been arranged at all district headquarters
in recent past. It has been decided to arrange Chetna
Rallies of school students in one thousand villages of
the State on April, 23. Fifty villages of each of the district
shall be covered in the first phase in which one lakh
students will participate. The names of the villages have
been finalized.
He further stated that the Utilities would set up
police stations at Karnal and Hisar to prosecute the
erring consumers / non-consumers and to take punitive
action against such persons.
Replying to a question, he said that the
awareness campaign would continue by the end of June
and strict action would be initiated against the erring
persons after that. He said that there was a plan to put
vigilance seals on all the meters supplying power to the
industrial units and the consumption would be analyzed
periodically.
Mr. Dabas further stated that the toll free
telephone facility and hot line system would be
provided in major areas in the first phase for the
informers for giving information of thefts. The postal
authorities have been requested to promptly deliver the
letters to the address of vigilance authorities. Similarly,
complaint boxes would be placed at public places and
the identity of the informers would not be disclosed.
Referring to the technical solutions of bringing
down the line losses, Mr. A. K. Singh, Managing
Director, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam said that there
was a reduction of 3 per cent in line
losses during the last 3 months period.
However, this was not enough and
required the Utilities to make more efforts
immediately. He said that the UHBVN
alone lost a revenue of Rs. 2000 crore
every year due to heavyAT&C losses.The
permissible standard of the total losses varied between 10 to
12 per cent in the country. Though the required percentage
has been achieved so far as the Panchkula Operation
Division is concerned but over all percentage has to be
achieved bymaking all possible efforts.
He said that UHBVN has decided to bring down
the percentage of losses from 40 to 36, 36 to 30, 30 to
24, 24 to 20 and 20 to 15 per cent respectively during the
11th plan period for which annual targets have been
fixed. The Nigam would supply power through High
Voltage Distribution System (HVDS) in all HUDA
colonies in future.
He said that the Nigam had shifted more than
one lac meters out of consumer premises which has
resulted in increase of revenue. Giving details, he
specifically pointed out that as many as 280 meters had
been shifted in a locality at Kaithal in November /
December. After shifting, it was observed that there was
an increase of 34 per cent in power consumption of the
area. The meter reading of the consumers went up from
75,000 units to 1,01,000 units in the month of January.
The Nigam had completed the HVDS in 90 colonies and
villages. It has been decided to provide HVDS in 540
villages / towns during the current year.
He said that the 11KV feeders having load
above 150 amperes would be bifurcated / trifurcated as
per requirement to bring down losses and ensure
uninterrupted good quality power supply to the
consumers. The Nigam would also set up separate
industrial feeders in the towns as the existing system
was old carrying higher line losses.
The department has planned to release the new
domestic and non-domestic connections on demand on
telephone to avoid inconvenience to the connection
seekers in a stipulated time frame.
Speaking on the Demand Side Management
(DSM), he said that the use of energy efficient gadgets
with Bureau of Energy Efficiency mark was necessary
for energy conservation. It has been observed that most
of the motors of 4.22 lac power run tubewells were not
energyefficientwhich needed repair forenergyefficiency.
The UHBVN has decided to open separate
counters in sub-divisional offices for supply of CFL to the
consumers. They will get one CFL free on purchase of
one. The Nigam has contacted M/s Indo-Asian, M/s
Osram and M/s Crompton Greaves to supply CFLs.
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Division wise A.T.&C. losses at a glance and target to achieve
1. Faridabad 22.82 20.00 18.18 C.K. Sharma
2. Old Faridabad 32.32 20.00 34.05 P.P. Mittal
3. Ballabgarh 26.72 20.00 23.70 Sudhir Chhabra
4. Palwal 53.41 35.00 44.32 Vipin Chanda
1. City Gurgoan 25.42 20.00 23.93 Daljit Singh
2. S/U Gurgoan 19.08 20.00 15.18 O.P. Ahlawat
3. Manesar / OCC 25.88 15.00 23.06 R.P. Relatia
4. Sohna 54.74 35.00 49.40 S.S. Dalal
5. Nuh - 35.00 79.31 R.S. Gupta
1. Narnaul 42.66 35.00 50.59 Naveen Kumar
2. Mahendragarh 66.81 35.00 72.57 R.S. Yadav
3. Rewari 56.64 30.00 59.15 D.L. Hansu
4. Dharuhera 24.63 25.00 31.35 S.S. Yadav
1. City Bhiwani 63.88 30.00 64.28 Virbhan
2. S/U Bhiwani 71.32 35.00 81.17 Vacant
3. Charkhi Dadri 73.28 35.00 77.64 Y.K.B. Sharma
1. Hisar-1 19.14 15.00 12.51 K.K. Sharma
2. Hisar-II 51.50 30.00 47.70 R.A. Bansal
3. Hansi 71.73 35.00 66.33 A.K. Goel
4. Tohana 47.65 35.00 48.11 A.K. Virdhi
5. Fatehabad 40.41 35.00 30.84 Jaipal Singh
1. City Sirsa 31.17 25.00 21.63 R.K. Jain
2. S/U Sirsa 27.58 25.00 16.94 I.D. Mehta
3. Dabwali 31.01 25.00 14.84 Sant Kumar
Delhi Zone 30.85 25.00 31.76 K.G. Yadav
31.27 25.00 28.79 R.K. Sachdeva
25.21 22.00 26.17 M.B. Vasisth
48.35 35.00 53.39 B.R. Nehra
Hisar Zone 49.97 35.00 49.99 M.L. Goel
67.18 35.00 73.14 K.K. Sharma
43.78 35.00
29.35 25.00 18.26 D.S. Malhan
DHBVN 37.52 38.29
38.68 A.K. Jain
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No surcharge on power purchased from out side for six monthsTo facilitiate the large consumer & industry to
bring power from within the state as well as from outsidethe state through open access, Haryana Power Utilitieshas proposed to waive off surcharge/addl. surcharge asa temporary measure from six months fromApril to Sept.2007. This will help in meeting power needs ofconsumer in summer. The Government has consideredthe request and approved the proposal. The othercharge such as transmission, Tarriff and SLDC chargeas applicable as per Haryana Electricity RegulatoryCommission on Intra State Open access will be chargedfromthe open accessusers.
It was stated by Mr. Ashok Lavasa, FinancialCommissioner & Principal Secretary (Power) Haryanaon April 18 at Panchkula, after reviewing the overallpower availability during the coming summer and paddyseason in a meeting with Chairman, Managing Directorsand Directors of the Haryana Power Utilities here today.
The review indicated that on an average theState will have 622 lac units of electricity daily during themonth of April, 658 lac units during May, 734 lac unitsduring June, 740 lac units during July, 751 lac unitsduringAugust and 716 lac units during September, 2007through long term arrangements. Further, short termarrangements have also been made to procure powerfrom the available sources.
The Government has also made bankingarrangements to obtain power from different sources.Giving details, Mr Lavasa said that the HimachalPradesh State Electricity Board will return 40-100 MWpower from June, 07 to August, 07 between 19:00 Hrs.to 06:00 Hrs. The Uttranchal Power CorporationLimited, Tamilnadu, Maharashtra and Tata PowerCompany Limited will also return the banked powervarying from 40 MW to 200 MW during the morning peakdemand season in different time slots.
The State has also made arrangements toprocure 100 MW-125 MW power from Jammu & Kashmirfrom May / June to September, 2007 and return the samefrom November to February / March, 2008. 200 MWpower will be procured from Gujrat and 50-75 MW fromUttranchal Power Corporation Limited also under thebanking arrangement.
The State has made all possible efforts forobtaining maximum power for the consumers. Still theremay be some power shortages due to systemconstraints, grid parameters, unprecedented growth indemand of electricity and other unavoidable reasons.
The Secretary (Power) directed the HaryanaPower Utilities to ensure proper implementation ofpower regulatory measures with prior publicity to theelectricity consumers through mass media and throughletters to industrial associations, elected representativesof municipal bodies, panchayatiraj institutions, otherconsumer groups and prominent citizens.
The Managing Directors of the Haryana PowerDistribution Corporations informed that they havealready announced the power regulatory measures forthe month of April. The regulations for the month of Maywill be announced shortly in view of the anticipateddemand and expected availability of power. The FC&PS(Power) also directed to make efforts to ensure that thereare minimum unscheduled power restrictions.
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) O.S. Lohchab, Chairman,Haryana Power Utilities, Mr. P.K. Das, ManagingDirector, Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited, Mr.A.K. Singh, Managing Director, Uttar Haryana Bijli VitranNigam, Mr. Vijayendra Kumar, Managing Director,Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Directors ofthe Haryana Power Utilities attended the meeting.
The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam(DHBVN) will accept cash payment of electricity billsupto Rs.25,000.
The amount of cash payment has beenincreased on demand of consumers. With the start ofspot billing in villages there will be bio-monthly billing forall categories of consumers in rural areas and monthlybilling in urban areas. However, the consumers havingmore than 20 KW load will continue to be served withmonthly billing. He said that all bills will, henceforth, befeeder wise and the name of feeder, village andtransformer (if possible) will also be printed on the bills.Complete meter reading on any one feeder will be doneon same day. To ensure proper energy audit, thereading of meters installed on HT side will also be takenon the same day.Now the meter reading will be with Spot Billing Machines(SBMs) in villages also. The machine would generateelectricity bill on spot and the consumer can pay his bill tothe meter reader on the spot.
DHBVN will accept cash payment upto 25000
Incentive for regular bill payersThe Haryana Power Distribution Corporations
would ensure that the incentive of 5 percent is given to
all the regular bill payers of domestic and tubewell
categories of the rural areas by the month of May, 2007.While launching the Electricity Bills Waiver
Scheme in June, 2005 it was decided to give an
incentive of 5 percent to the consumers who had been
regularly paying their bills for last ten months prior to
June 17, 2005. This incentive had to be given to the
consumers after obtaining the proof of regular payment.Some consumers could not avail this benefit
either due to ignorance of rules or non - availability of receipt
of previous bills etc., though they were paying the current
bills regularly. Some consumers could not produce the
receipt / proof of the regular payment of bills made by them
before June, 2005 and were not given the benefit of the
ElectricityBillsWaiverScheme.In order to give relief to all of the regular electricity
bill payers it has been decided that the Power Utilities
would check their own record and give the incentive to the
left out consumersbyMaynext.
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Rs. 50 crore schemes for T&D system in distt. Rohtak : CMThe Haryana Power Utilities have initiated
schemes worth Rs.50 crore to further strengthen powertransmission and distribution network in Rohtak district.The Utilities have started the construction work of132KV sub-stations at H.U.D.A. Sector-3, and Jassiaand 33KV sub-stations at H.U.D.A. Sector-6, Govt.Senior Secondary School Rohtak, Hassangarh and BalBhawan Rohtak.
It was stated by the ChiefMinister, Mr. Bhupinder SinghHooda after laying foundationstone of a Rs.10 crore 132KV substation at village Jassia nearRohtak on April 4 last. He saidthat a pilot scheme to supplyelectricity through under groundcable was also being executed atRohtak at a cost of Rs.18 crore.He said that the domestic andtubewell load of 11KV feederssupplying power to rural areaswould be segregated andcomple ted by December.Segregation of 77 rural feederswould benefit the consumers ofall the 393 villages of the district.
He said that the problem of power shortage would beno more in the State after 30 months as the governmenthad given the highest priority to the power sector. Theresults of the efforts being made by the government
would be available after commissioning of two units ofYamunanagar Thermal Project. There will be no powercrisis in the State after 30 months.
In order to meet the increasing demand ofelectricity, the State Government has made acomprehensive plan to further strengthen thetransmission system at a cost of Rs.1048 crore. Under
the plan, the Utilitieshave started theprocess of settingup 136 new subs t a t i o n s a n daugment capacity of96 sub stations. Theconstruction anda u g m e n t a t i o nwould be completedwithin the next 18 to24 months.
Sh. AnandSingh Dangi & Sh.Shadi Lal Batra,
, P r o f .Vi render S ingh,Political Advisor to
Chief Minister, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) O.S. Lohchab, ChairmanHaryana Power Utilities, Mr. P.K. Das, ManagingDirector Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam and seniorsofficers of the Haryana Power Utilities were present onthe occasion.
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Operation circle Yamunanagar will be Model circleD.V.SharmaThe Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam plans to make the
Operation Circle, Yamunanagar a model circle.For this,
it is targeted to set up a Consumer Care Centre at
Yamuna Nagar in order to provide commercial and
technical services under one roof to the consumers. A
mobile van having ladder, tools and other maintenance
equipments along with suitable staff shall be provided to
promptly attend the complaints of consumers of
Yamuna Nagar and Jagadhari towns by the month of
June.
It plans to install three “I Pay” machines similar
to bank ATMs in order to provide facility to the
consumers to make payment of their electricity bills
from 08:00 AM to 08:00 PM on all days. The process of
setting up the machines at different locations has
already been initiated.
The Nigam would also lay the high voltage
distribution system and low voltage distribution system
in the areas of the town where the lines losses had been
more than 20 per cent. It would ensure proper and
interruption free power supply of good quality to the
consumers. It has also been targeted to lay the HVDS
and LVDS in areas of 11KV feeders with more than 20
per cent line losses to minimize frequent breakdown of
conductor causing accidents and interruptions by
October 2007.
The load of mixed feeders shall be segregated
and separate industrial feeders would be created
keeping in view the technical feasibility and
if industrial associations come forward to deposit the
cost of the estimate by March 2008. Segregation of rural
domestic load from tubewell load would also be carried
out to give power supply to the rural domestic
consumers at par with urban consumers, provided the
HVDS is installed, energy meters are taken out of
consumer premises and collection efficiency is
equ i va len t to the ad jo in ing u rban a rea .
The load of feeders having more than 200 ampere
load would be bifurcated and the ACSR conductor shall
also be augmented. The meters of domestic and non-
domestic consumers would be shifted on poles / outside
the premises to control misuse of electricity as well as to
avoid the visit of meter readers inside the consumer
premises by October 2007.
The district would get nearly 12 lac units of extra
electricity per day after commissioning of the power
generating units of the Yamuna Nagar Thermal Power
Project. The Power Utilities have also geared up the
augmentation of existing substations for transmission of
electricity.
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The Power Grid Corporationhas commissioned first high-capacitynorth-west interconnection and secondeast-north interconnection. With this thenational grid capacity has beenincreased to 13,700 mw from 11,500 mwand the capacity will be furtherenhanced to 16,700 mw by March and 18,400 mw byDecember this year.
Transmission lines comprised 765 KV Bina-Gwalior-Agra interconnects northern and westernregion and 400 KV Kahalgaon-Patna-Balia-Lucknowinterconnects eastern and northern region. This is another big achievement of the Power Grid Corporationafter it had successfully interconnected four of the fivegrids of the country on August 26 last year with thelaunch of the synchronised alternating current (AC)interconnection of the northern, north-eastern, easternand western regions. With the new synchronisation,90,000 mw of power can now be carried to the regionsevery day, and it also promises to deliver 2,500 mw of
2,500 mw to light up National Gridpower to north India. The transmissionscheme is a vital link of high capacity ACring interconnecting northern, westernand eastern region.Agra-Gwalior-Bina isthe first high capacity 765 KV inter-regional link and provides directsynchronous interconnection between
northern and western region thereby strongly connectingboth the regions. This transmission scheme wouldprovide power transfer capacity of more than 1,200 mwduring its initial operation, which would be enhanced to2,000 mw with upgradation to 765 KV level by 2012. TheAgra-Gwalior-Bina line would enable in meeting presentand long term power requirement of western andnorthern regions and establishes the much neededdirect link. The 400 kv Kahalgaon Patna-Balia-Lucknowconnects major generation complex in eastern regionwith, load centres of northern region which wouldenable in meeting : the present as well as long termdemand of northern region!"
Power Grid hasincreased grid
capacity to13,700 mw
from 11,500 mw.It will be further
enhanced to 16,700mw by March
Power Grid hasincreased grid
capacity to13,700 mw
from 11,500 mw.It will be further
enhanced to 16,700mw by March
2 days training of Material Management & Project Management at Gurgaon
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) O.S. Lohchab delivered concluding lecture of the training programme on 30.3.07. It was inaugurated byMr. V.K. Jain, CGM HR & Admn. Mr. D.S. Yadav, CGM (MM) also attended. 18 Officers participated in the training programme.
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) O.S. Lohchab delivered concluding lecture of the training programme on 30.3.07. It was inaugurated byMr. V.K. Jain, CGM HR & Admn. Mr. D.S. Yadav, CGM (MM) also attended. 18 Officers participated in the training programme.
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Massive campaign against theft of electricity : MD
The menace of theft of electricity has emerged
as a social evil. To fight this evil, the Haryana Power
Utilities would launch a massive campaign involving
students and Gram Panchayats. Under this campaign,
the utilities would organize rallies in one thousand
villages onApril 23.
It was stated by Mr. Vijayendra Kumar,
Managing Director, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam
while talking to press persons here today. He said that
the Panchayats should socially ban theft of electricity
like other social evils. The present availability of power
in the state is sufficient for 24 hour supply but for theft.
DHBVN purchases 300 lakh units of power daily for
supplying in its area, while it bills for 200 lakh units only
and suffers a loss of 100 lakh units costing over Rs.
three crore.
He said that for hearing cases of theft, one ADJ
had been specified in each district and each distribution
utility would have a police station for lodging FIRs.
relating to power theft.
Mr. Vijayendra Kumar said that DHBVN was
making massive technical arrangements to abate the
menace of theft of electricity and line losses by creating '
High Voltage Distribution System' (HVDS) in its all the
3000 villages by the end of current financial year. All
over loaded and lengthier feeders are being divided into
smaller feeders, the rural domestic and agriculture load
is being separated and all out efforts are being made to
improve high tension (HT) and low tension (LT)
distribution system ratio. DHBVN plans to spend Rs.
900 crore on power development in its area during the
current financial year compared to Rs. 15 -20 crore per
year, used to be spent during past years.
He said that about 92 per cent defaulter
agriculture consumers and 65 per cent domestic
consumers took benefit of bill waiver scheme whose
arrears amounting to Rs. 520 crore was being waived
off. The total defaulting amount on June 16, 2005, in the
area of DHBVN, was Rs. 724 crore. He said that DHBVN
had started disconnecting supply of those consumers
who could not avail benefit of the bill waiver scheme. In
the area of Operation Zone Hisar, supply lines and other
installations of 120 such tube wells have already been
dismantled.
The MD said that the regulators had allowed
distribution utilities to purchase power directly from the
producers. DHBVN would start purchasing power after
4- 5 months.
Referring to efforts being made by DHBVN for
conservation of electricity, Mr. Vijayendra Kumar said
that replacement of one incandescent bulb with
compact florescent lamp CFL by each of the 18 lakh
consumers of DHBVN could save 300 MW electricity.
DHBVN has launched a massive campaign for
promoting CFLs and star rated electricity gadgets.
Generation of two units of electricity burns one
kilogramme coal causing emission of 640 gm.
Carbondioxide. Thus, conservation of electricity helps
reducing pollution also.
He said that DHBVN has provided rights to
consumers to get efficient services in time bound
manner. A toll free telephone number 1912 had been
provided for lodging complaints. They should get
acknowledgement and unique number of their
complaint. In case they did not get service with in
specified time, senior officers would be available to
listen to them on given telephone numbers; General
Manager (Customer Care Centre) at 9992100045,
Director Operations at 9992100040, Director projects
at 9992100035 and the Managing Director at
9992100033. While contacting senior officers the
complainants should tell unique number of their
complaint.
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BETTER EFFICIENT TRANSFORMERS
Low loss Transformers are called `better
efficient transformers.' One of the prime components of
losses is the no-load loss which can be drastically
reduced by better design and using superior grades of
electrical steels. It can be further reduced in case
conventional electrical steel is replaced by Amorphous
metal.
By using improved
g r a d e s o f C R G O
laminations, the no load
loss can be reduced to 32
per cent than that specified
by REC up to and including
100 KVA transformers.
Numerically, the no-load
loss specified by REC for
25 KVA transformers as
100 watts may be brought down to 68 watts with the use
of superior grades of CRGO lamination. Similarly for
other ratings like 63 KVA and 100 KVA transformers, the
no-load loss may be reduced to 123 watts and 176 watts
from REC specified values of 180 watts and 260 watts
respectively.
Further, there is a huge scope of reducing the
load losses to a much lower value to make the
transformers more energy efficient. Maintaining the
maximum efficiency to occur at 38 per cent loading, as
recommended by REC, the load losses may further be
reduced to 466 watts, 844 watts and 1192 watts as
against 685 watts, 1235 watts and 1760 watts specified
earlier by REC for 25 KVA, 63 KVA and 100 KVA
transformers respectively.
The numerical computations of other higher
rated transformers could not be made as both REC and
ISS are silent on the specific requirements of losses in
their standards.
The amorphous metal transformer has the
excellent low no-load loss property. There has been
constant search for transformer core, materials, which
may have the least loss. Iron-Boron-Silicon amorphous
alloy has evolved, as the low loss material for
distribution transformers. Molten metal when cooled to
solid state at a very high-speed rate, retain a random
atomic structure which is not crystalline. This metal is
called amorphous. This resembles with glass and also
referred as `glass metal'. To achieve the required
cooling rate restrict the thickness of the metal should be
restricted to 0.025 mm i.e. almost 1/10'h of the thickness
of conventional CRGO steel.
Due to small thickness and low saturation
factor, larger core and consequently larger coils and
tank size are required as compared to CRGO core
transformers. The problem of small thickness has been
overcome to some extent with the development of
amorphous metal strips. This is achieved by compacting
number of thin ribbons. This strip is commonly known as
`POWER CORE' and up to a thickness of 0.25 mm
having been developed.
Amorphous strips are four times harder than
CRGO steel. Hardness along with reduced thickness
makes slitting and shearing difficult. It has brittleness
property. Due to these and other limitations, the
amorphous core technology has been limited at present
to very few customers in India and abroad. Amorphous
metal core has some merits. The non-crystalline
structure and random arrangement of atoms give low
field magnetization and high electrical resistively. Due to
low field magnetization, hysteresis loss is low and due to
low electrical resistivity the current is suppressed. As
such core losses of amorphous metal alloys are reduced
by 42 per cent and magnetizing current by 53 per cent.
The most attractive characteristic of amorphous
alloy is obviously its extremely low core loss and low
magnetizing current. Except these two properties,
practically all other properties of amorphous alloy are
inferior to those of CRGO steel, which offer a challenge
to the engineers to overcome them so that the low no-
load property is exploited in the most cost effective way.
The amorphous metal saturates almost at 1.55
tesla where as CRGO steel saturates at almost 2.03
tesla. Thus amorphous metal core-transformer results in
increase of core size, conductor, tank and insulating oil.
Overall cost of amorphous core transformer is
approximate 20 to 30 per cent costlier than conventional
core transformers.
Transformers (after transmission lines) are the
largest loss making components in the electrical
networks. There are about 25, 26,239 transformers with
a total installed capacity of 75,92,390 MW (as on
31.3.2004) in the power system networks. It is estimated
that about 35 billion Kwh of energy is lost due to high loss
transformers every year. The total losses due to
transformers in the electrical network in India exceeds 6
per cent of the total electricity generated which is
equivalent to about 8 to 10 per cent of the total loss from
the system.
The enormous stock of transformers is often
overlooked as a source of cost saving. In fact, avoidable
losses from the distribution transformers currently in
service would mean release of about 650 mw of
generating capacity, which could instead be used to
serve customer loads.
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Ensure adequate supply to consumers : LavasaIn order to ensure adequate power supply to
consumers with minimum interruptions during theongoing summer and ensuing paddy season, theHaryana Government has directed the Haryana PowerUtilities to speed up various consumer friendlymeasures and to arrange the material required for timelymaintenance of power transmission and distributionnetwork in sufficient quantity in advance so that there isminimum inconvenience.
The UHBVN and the DHBVN would ensure thatthe damaged transformers are replaced within 48 hoursin rural areas for which three standby distributiontransformers of each rating would be made available tomost of the sub divisional offices. The utilities have alsoinitiated the process of procuring 33157 new distributiontransformers of various capacities. These included10000 transformers of 25 KVA, 10699 of 63 KVA, 10401of 100 KVA, 2019 of 200 KVAand 38 new transformers of400 KVA capacity. The purchase orders for supply havealready been placed and the delivery of these wouldstart from May in phases. Simultaneously the repair ofmore than 1200 distribution transformers will be ensuredthrough repair in departmental workshop and outsourcing every month.
Mr Ashok Lavasa, Financial Commissioner &Principal Secretary (Power) in a meeting with the seniorofficers of the Utilities discussed the expected poweravailability and supply position up to September-2007and said that about 10 percent extra power will besupplied to the consumers during the next five monthsas compared to the corresponding period of last year forwhich the Utilities are required to streamline the system.It was specifically stated that the report of damageddistribution transformers is timely sent by the field staff tothe quarter concerned for immediate replacement. Theutilities shall ensure that more than three transformers ofeach capacity are available in sub divisional offices forearly replacement in paddy areas to avoidinconvenience. The Managing Directors of the HaryanaPower Distribution Corporations were directed to assignthe duties of the Nodal Officers of the rank of SubDivisional Officers in each of the Operation Circle tomonitor the power availability and regulate power supplyposition daily. These officers would ensure the properimplementation of power regulatory measures and givea regular feed back to the higher authorities.
The Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam hadalready completed the special maintenance of all thegrid substations and major transmission lines to avoidoutage. However, in order to carry out the maintenancework of the distribution system, each sub divisionalofficer has been authorized to engage 10 persons oncontract basis to assist the regular staff for themaintenance of distribution transformers, tree cutting,tightening of loose sag, replacement of damaged poleetc.
It was observed that the power regulations wereunavoidable due to unexpected growth in demand,system constraints, grid parameters, low frequency and
other unavoidable reasons. It was decided to publicizethe power regulations by distributing leaflets, throughradio, local cable TV network, display on notice board ofeach sub division, through Bijli Suvidha Kendras andthrough newspapers for the information of consumers.
It was also directed to ensure that there areminimum unscheduled power restrictions and theconsumer grievances are redressed in stipulated timeperiod for which control centers will work round the clockat the district headquarter. It was observed that on anaverage the State will have 622 lac units ofelectricity daily during the month of April. 658 lac unitsduring May, 734 lac units during June, 740 lac unitsduring July, 751 lac units during August and 716 lac unitsduring September, 2007 through long termarrangements. Further, short term arrangements havealso been made to procure power from the availablesources.
The Government has also made bankingarrangements to obtain power from different sources.Giving details, Mr Lavasa said that the HimachalPradesh State Electricity Board will return 40-100 MWpower from June, 07 between 19:00 Hrs to 06:00 Hrs.The Uttranchal Power Corporation Limited, Tamilnadu,Maharashtra and Tata Power Company Limited will alsoreturn the banked power varying from 40 MW to 200 MWduring the coming peak demand season in different timeslots.
The State has also made arrangements toprocure 100 MW-125 MW power from Jammu & Kashmirfrom May/June to September, 2007 and return the samefrom November to February/March 2008. 200 MW powerwill be procured from Gujrat and 50-75 MW fromUttranchal Power Corporation Limited also under thebanking arrangement.
Sh. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister, Haryana laysfoundation stone of 66KV sub-station, Company Bagh,Ambala City on April 19, 2007. The HVPN would set upthe sub-station at an estimated cost of Rs. 6 crore. Nearly2000 domestic and non-domestic consumers of the townwill be benefited by way of improved voltage andcontinuity of power supply.
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Evidence suggests that even low- to moderate-intensityactivities can have both short- and long-term benefits. Ifdone daily, they help lower your risk of heart disease.Such activities include pleasure walking, stair climbing,gardening, yardwork, moderate to heavy housework,dancing and home exercise. More vigorous exercisecan help improve fitness of the heart and lungs, whichcan provide even more consistent benefits for loweringheart disease risk.Today, many people are rediscovering the benefits ofregular, vigorous exercise - activities like swimming,brisk walking, running, or jumping rope. These kindsof activities are sometimes called "aerobic" - meaningthe body uses oxygen to produce the energy neededfor the activity. Aerobic exercises can condition yourheart and lungs if performed at the proper intensity forat least 30 minutes, 3-4 times a week.
Regular physical activity -• gives you more energy
Regular physical activitytones your muscles
You need to burn off 3,500 calories more than you takein to lose ½ kilogram. If you want to lose weight, regularphysical activity can help you in either of two ways.First, you can eat your usual amount of calories, but bemore active. For example: A 100 kilo person who keepson eating the same amount of calories, but decides towalk briskly each day for two kilometres will lose aboutseven kilogram in 1 year. Or second, you can eat fewercalories and be more active. This is an even better wayto lose weight.About three-fourths of the energy you burn every daycomes from what your body uses for its basic needs,such as sleeping, breathing, digesting food andreclining. A person burns up only a small amount ofcalories with daily activities such as sitting. Any physicalactivity in addition to what you normally do will burn upextra calories.The average calories spent per hour by a 75 - kilogram
• helps in coping with stress• improves your self-image• increases resistance to fatigue• helps counter anxiety and depression• helps you to relax and feel less tense• improves the ability to fall asleep quickly and
sleep well• provides an easy way to
share an activity withfriends or family and anopportunity to meet newfriends
•• burns off calories to help
lose extra pounds orhelps you stay at yourdesirable weight
• helps control your appetite
What are the benefits of regular physical activity?
Looking better
Do we get enough exercise from our daily activities?
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person are listed below. (A lighter person burns fewercalories; a heavier person burns more.) Since exactcalorie figures are not available for most activities, thefigures below are averaged from several sources andshow the relative vigor of the activities.
The calories spent in a particular activity vary inproportion to one's body weight.For example, a 50 - kilogramperson burns 1/3 fewer calories, soyou would multiply the number ofcalories by 0.7. For a 100-kilogramperson, multiply by 1.3.Working harder or faster for a givenactivity will only slightly increasethe calories spent. A better way toburn up more calories is to increasethe time spent on your activity.
Regular physical activity -
helps you to be more productive at work
Consider the benefits of a well-conditioned heart:
In 1 minute with 45 to 50 beats, the heart of a well-conditioned person pumps the same amount of blood asan inactive person's heart pumps in 70 to 75 beats.Compared to the well-conditioned heart, the averageheart pumps up to 36,000 more times per day, 13 millionmore times per year.
Feeling, looking, and working better - all these benefitsfrom regular physical activity can help you enjoy your lifemore fully.
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• increases your capacity for physical work
• builds stamina for other physical activities
• increases muscle strength
• helps your heart and lungs work more efficiently
Working better
Activity Calories burned
Bicycling 8 kmph 240 cals./hr.
Bicycling 16 kmph 410 cals./hr.
Cross-country skiing 700 cals./hr.
Jogging 7 kmph 740 cals./hr.
Jogging 10 kmph 920 cals./hr.
Jumping rope 750 cals./hr.
Running in place 650 cals./hr.
Running 15 kmph 1280 cals./hr.
Swimming 20 metres/min. 275 cals./hr.
Swimming 40 metre/min. 500 cats./hr.
Tennis-singles 400 cals./hr.
Walking 2 mph 240 cals./hr.
Walking 4 kmph 320 cals./hr.
Walking 6 kmph 440 cals./hr.
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Rs. 3238 crore plan for generation and T&D system of powerThe Haryana power utilities have earmarked a
sum of Rs. 838 crore ( 17 per cent of total outlay) in theirannual budget to further strengthen the power sector forthe current financial year. In addition, Rs. 2400 crorehave been earmarked under the non-planned outlay. Inall, a huge amount of Rs. 3238 crore would be spent forpower generation, transmission and distributionsystems in the State
It was disclosed by Mr Ashok Lavasa, FinancialCommissioner & Principal Secretary (Power) Haryanawhile addressing a meeting after inaugurating the newlyset up Technical Training School at 132 KV sub-stationpremises at Pinjore, onApril 9 last
Addressing the faculty and trainees, he saidthat the power sector has undergone tremendouschanges over the last decade. Due to enormouschanges in engineering and technology the technicaltraining of the staff has become a necessity. The trainingis also required for updating of knowledge and to deliverthe results more efficiently.
He said that the power sector had become morechallenging as there had been shortage of power due torapid growth of demand of electricity. On the other handthe consumers are becoming more demanding andaware. It is, therefore, required to keep a step ahead toprovide better services.
He further stated that the academic
qualification was not enough for the staff to perform theduty in a proper way. Proper training, knowledge of rulesand regulations, safety while performing duty,application of mind, hard work and dedication to duty hadalso a major role in performing the duties proficiently. MrLavasa said that the institute would provide high qualitytraining. The trainees would be given a properopportunity to share their experiences with the co-trainees as well as the faculty. The management wouldalso welcome feedback from them for its betterment.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr P.K. Das,Managing Director, HVPNL said that assistant linemen,linemen, assistant foremen, foremen, junior engineersand SDOs would be trained in this institute in batches.The Nigam would start a similar institute at 220 KVSubstation Madanpur (Panchkula) premises to train theexecutives, this year.
Emphasizing the need of imparting training, hesaid that the ultimate goal of the department is to ensureconsumer satisfaction. It can be achieved by providingthe best services to the consumers. The experiencedfaculty would prove to be beneficial for the trainees.Mr A.S. Chug, Mr S.K. Singal and Mr S.S. Gakhar,Directors of Haryana Power Utilities, Mr A.K. Tandon, MrV.P. Kalra, Mr S.K. Mittal, Chief Engineers and othersenior officers were also present on the occasion.
Minimum consumption of inputs in generation of electricityThe Haryana Power Generation
has achieved a
record of minimum consumption of
specific oil, coal and auxiliary in power
generation during the current financial
year since its formation in the year
1998.
It was disclosed during the 54th meeting of Board of
Directors of the Corporation held under the
Chairmanship of Financial Commissioner & Principal
Secretary, Power, Mr.Ashok Lavasa on March 29 last.
Mr. Lavasa informed that the specific oil consumption
of thermal power stations of HPGCL had improved to
1.84 ml per unit as compared to 3.89 ml per unit during
the corresponding period of last year. Similarly, the
specific coal consumption had come down to 721 gm per
unit as compared to 743 gm per unit during last year. The
auxiliary consumption had also been brought down to a
record low of9.76 percent since the formation ofHPGCL.
He said that the State's own power projects
generated 14727.85 lakh more units of electricity during
the current year up to March 28 as compared to the
corresponding period of last year. The State generated
and supplied 96732.82 lac units this year as compared
to 82084.97 lac units of the last year. He lauded the
efforts of the employees of the HPGCL for their hard
work and dedication besides continuous
Corporation (HPGCL)monitoring of the performance of power stations by the
management.
He said that HPGCL procured maximum power by
tapping all possible sources at even higher rates by
scheduling liquid generation of NTPC Gas Stations at
rate of Rs. 7 per unit and arranging power of surplus
power stations ,captive power plants, the rate of which
varied from Rs. 4 per unit to Rs. 6.85 per unit. Besides
this, the State overdrew electricity from the grid, the rate
of which varied from Rs. 3 per unit to Rs. 5 per unit to
cater demand of consumers during current financial
year. Overall Plant Load Factor during the current
financial year from April, 2006 to February, 2007 had
been 79.37 percent against a PLF of 67.50 percent
during the corresponding period of last year which was
the highest ever PLF achieved.
Mrs. Jyoti Arora, Managing Director, HPGCL said that
the planned maintenance and overhauling of all the
generating units of Panipat Thermal Power Station had
been carried out in such a way that the units generated
maximum power during peak demand period from May
16 to October 15 last.
She said that without considering planned outage of
various units,the PLF worked out to be 82.54 per cent for
current year.The PLF of unit five to eight of PanipatThermal
worked out to be 92.50 per cent which was comparable to
thebestperformingpowerplants in thecountry.
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Responding positively to the campaign of the
Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) and
persuasion of members of the Haryana Ex Services
League, four villages in district Rewari viz. Bhagthala,
Gothra, Kapriwas and Malapur have earned distinction
of being first four villages in Haryana having metered
power supply in 100 per cent houses.
Village Bhagthala of Operation Sub
Division, Bawal has attained the target of
DHBVN, and also of the Government of
India, by getting metered power supply in
its all the 415 houses. In village Gothra of
Gothra Sub Division, residents have the
pride of having electrified all the 482 houses. The
villages Kapriwas and Malapur of operation Sub Division
Dharuhera have 362 and 313 houses which all have
regular power connections.
As per survey conducted by DHBVN a few
months ego, there is a large number of villages having
less than 50 per cent regular power connections
compared to total number of houses while most of
houses have fittings of electricity. Such people commit
theft of electricity by using "Kundi" (unauthorized
connection). The menace of theft causes overloading of
power distribution system and hence interruptions in
power supply and burning of transformers.
The problem of overloading in these four
villages of district Rewari is no more as the unauthorized
load on the system has minimized. DHBVN has 30 per
cent excess capacity on its transformers for safety point
of view. So, during peak load hours also, there is no over
loading in the villages. With the elimination of the
problem of theft and over loading, the complaints of
unscheduled power cuts, breakdowns, interruptions,
tripping, etc. have also minimized in the villages.
Under its campaign to provide regular
connections in place of Kundi connections in villages,
DHBVN organizes camps in villages to give on the spot
domestic and non-domestic connections by completing
all formalities in the camp itself. During the camps, other
grievances of people are also redressed.
Though the study in these villages is in
progress, however, in the preliminary findings, it has
been observed that there has not been upward change
in data of use of electricity and electricity bill of the
villages as the residents in the villages are now not
wasting the electricity. Metering of all houses has
promoted conservation of electricity. The load of these
villages has increased on record but there is not much
difference in the load on distribution system.
Actual availability of load on record of DHBVN
help finalization and justification of projects of
augmentation of power distribution system. Consumers
First four villages with100 per cent meteringThe power supply through High Voltage
Distribution System (HVDS) or Low Voltage DistributionSystem (LVDS) in urban as well as rural area has startedpaying dividends. The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigamhas completed the work in 70 urban colonies and thevillages so far and has achieved more revenueassessment and realization in the recent past.
A spokesman said here today that the Nigamhas completed the LVDS project in Singpura Khurd ofRohtak district. In the village of 600 households therewere 512 domestic and nondomestic connections.Immediately after completion of the work the Nigam holdtwo 'Open Darbars' in the village and 42 residentsapplied for the new connections immediately whichwere released on the spot.
Ravi K. Bhatia, SDO Incharge of the area statedthat some more residents were also interested in havingnew connections. But the same could not be releaseddue to departmental rules and regulations which do notpermit the release of connection in the defaultingpremises. The old lines and cables supplying power tothe village had been replaced with about 1400 meterlong Aerial Bunched Cables (ABC). The Nigam alsoerected 42 new cement poles in the system. The polesare of 9 meter length and have been erected in such away that the proper distance from the houses has beenmaintained or in the center of congested village streetswith no vehicular traffic. Efforts to erect the poles awayfrom the houses have been made keeping in view thatthere are minimum chances of tampering / cutting theABC for putting kundies or hooks. The estimated cost ofthe project was Rs. 1.42 lac.
He said the work had been completed in the endof February. The total revenue of the village was Rs.80,000/- to Rs. 82,000/- till November, 2006.Immediately after the start of the project it was Rs.87,464/- during January and Rs. 94,615/- in the month ofMarch this year. There was an increase of 11 percent inrevenue after completion of the LVDS project. Theestimated payback time of the project is six years. Healso said that the present LVDS can be changed to theHVDS by adding about 25 distribution transformers of 5KVAcapacity as and when required.
Rishi Pal, Sarpanch of the village stated that theincidents of taping lines through kundies illegally havealso come down after the arrangement of power supplythrough LVDS. It has also minimized the possibilities ofaccidents and the system gave a new look to the village.He wanted the Nigam to hold one more 'Open Darbar' inthe village.
The spokesman further stated that the Nigamhas targeted to bring down the present 40 percentAT&Closses to 15 percent during the 11th five year plan forwhich annual targets has been fixed. It has beenplanned to supply power through HVDS in all HUDAcolonies in future. The HVDS would be set up in 540urban colonies and villages during the current year. TheNigam has already shifted over one lac consumermeters out of premises and is looking forward to shift allthe meters in a stipulated time frame, he added.
Singpura is LVDS Village
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Binaula is first CFL village of HaryanaBinaula, a small village of 98 households in
district Gurgaon, has achieved the distinction of beingfirst "CFL village" of Haryana by replacing all energyconsuming incandescent (yellow) bulbs with energyefficient compact florescent lamps (CFL).
After replacing all incandescent bulbs with 700CFLs, the total load of the two electricity distributiontransformers at peak time in the village has reducedfrom 120 ampere to 75 ampere and 98 ampere to 42ampere. Thus the total load of the village hasreduced by about 50 per cent only by replacingthe conventional yellow incandescent bulbs.The present two transformers of 100 KVAcapacity each are now sufficient to take totalload of the village and there is no over loadingon the system. The transformers have sparecapacity for releasing additional connections inthe village. This has resulted in reduction intechnical line losses and incidents of supply failure thatcould have due to over loading of system.
There are 30 tube wells in the village for whichDHBVN has proposed a scheme that in case a tube wellowner replaces his old motor and pump with energyefficient BEE labelled star rated motor and pump, hisconnection will be changed to high tension system byproviding independent transformer at Nigam's cost.
To complete the task, 15 employees of DHBVNhad camped in the village for a few days to motivate theconsumers. The employees, with the cooperation ofvillagers, have also relocated all the electricity meters in
the village from inside the houses to outside the houses.Now they are motivating the tubewell owners to replacethe motors and pumps of the village.
DHBVN plans to launch a massive campaign, inits jurisdiction, to convert its consumers from energywasting incandescent bulbs to energy saving, longerlasting compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. DHBVNplans to replace at least average three conventional bulbsper consumer with CFLs by December, 2007. The Nigam
has arranged sale of CFLs at half prices at itsofficesand ConsumerCare Centres.
According toastudyconductedbyDHBVN,replacement of one conventional bulb by CFL byeach of the 18 lakh consumers of DHBVN wouldtranslate into saving of 300 MW power. Thus, thereplacement of targeted three conventional bulbswith CFLs the saving works out to be 900 MW.Construction of a thermal power plant of this
much capacity costsRs.4,000 crore.Illumination equal to standard incandescent lamps canbe obtained from CFLs for about 20-25 per centwattage. The rated life of the compact fluorescentlamps can be 5 to 10 times longer than that ofincandescent lamps. Therefore, CFLs can save asmuch as 70 per cent of electricity used for lighting. Theamount of electricity saved by using CFLs instead ofconventional bulbs can save over 400 gram coal fuel perunit electricity, consumed by conventional bulbs, andwill reduce green house gases spewed by coal-burningpower plants.
BHIMRAO Baburao Pawar aka Deewanji (59),the man who ensured quality power supply to 5,500villages in Maharashtra. His method is simple he makesthe villagers understand the importance of energyconservation.
These villages now face only three-hour powercuts (increased recently from two hour due to heavysummer shortfall) where as other villages reel under 14-16 hours outages. Conservation helps the statedistribution company Mahavitaran save over 1000 MW,which is used to plug the current 5,500 MW deficit.
Deewanji, a retired senior lineman ofMahavitaran, is primarily responsible for the company's"Akshaya Prakash Yojana (permanent power scheme)for rural Maharashtra.
Deewanji joined the erstwhile MaharashtraState Electricity Board (MSEB) as a daily wager in 1966.He contemplated conservation measures afterdetecting rampant power theft in Ahmed Nagar District,where he spent most of his career.
"When load shedding increased in ruralMaharashtra, it became difficult for us to provide qualitypower during non-outage periods. Agltated consumerswould march to our offices. They blamed us foreverything. But we found out that people wererecklessly using power when it was available," he says.
Backed by the then MSEB chief, Javant
A Saving scheme to light up rural homesKawale, Deewanji set out on a mission in 2004. So far,he has travelled to 1,500 villages in the state. The boardhas extended his service by a year after retirement andwants him to continue the work in future.
Deewanji convenes a meeting in the villageinterested in adopting the scheme. "First and fore most. Imake consumers under stand how power is generated. Ialso explain to them the economics of generation."
Once a village accepts the scheme, it is askedto form a local panel to check power theft. Theconsumers are convinced to get metered supply insteadof stealing in from power lines "I tell them how manyvillagers have deal while stealing power."
The villages must deposit water heaters andelectric stoves in the gram panchayat or the company'ssub-station offices. Any violation invites a line of Rs. 500to Rs, 11,000 (as decided by the local panel). "We insiston removing these gadgets because they are powerguzzlers.
"We ensure uninterrupted and quality powerfrom 6 pm to 5 am for domestic use.Aspecific number ofCFLs are allowed in every household. We ask farmer touse power for irrigation only from 5 am to 3.15 pm"Deewanji said.
He now suggests that Mumbai should take aleaf out of Mahavitaran guidebook so that it getsuninterrupted power supply.
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