HYDERABAD: Energy minister G. Jagadish Reddy said that the government would will supply 24x7 power to all sectors including domestic, industrial and commercial. Power supply was interrupted in January due to technical problems araise in NTPC and two other plants, he said.
Speaking to reporters after inducting several Congress leaders and activists from Suryapet into the BRS here on Friday, Jagadish Reddy said that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao had directed the power utilities to purchase the power wherever it is available in the country to meet local demand.
“We were expecting the power demand to cross 15,000 MW during the peak summer, but it has already crossed the mark,” he said. “We are prepared to supply any amount of power to consumers without uninterruption.”
The energy minister clarified that the state government had no plan to install meters to agriculture pump sets. BJP leaders were spreading lies on the matter, he said. All the claims being made by BJP leaders were false and misleading and farmers need not worry, he said.
