Minister: Telangana set to realise 24x7 power dream

Hyderabad: The TS government on Monday told the Legislative Assembly that it has succeeded in resolving the power crisis in the state within six months of assuming office, despite all odds and was set to achieve the “24x7 Power for All” dream by 2018-19.

During the debate on “Power situation in the state” taken up without the Opposition present in the House, minister for power G. Jagadish Reddy said that TS was poised to become a power-surplus state by 2018-19.

He said that the government has devised plans to achieve 24,272 MW by 2018-19 by investing about Rs 1.05 lakh crore in the power sector.