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Vol. VIII Issue. 51
'Maharashtra will be free of power cuts by Dec'

05 June 2012

June 5, 2012.Ninety-four divisions of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd have become free from power cuts because of low distribution and commercial losses and good performance in electricity bill collection, deputy chief minister and energy minister Ajit Pawar said. Pawar was speaking at the inauguration of a 22/11 KV sub-station at Warje. He said, divisions that have less than 34% commercial and distribution loss and regular bill paying culture would be considered for elimination of load shedding. Industries in the state were getting 24-hour uninterrupted power supply while agricultural consumers were getting supply for eight hours in the day and 10 hours in the night, Pawar said. Pawar also inaugurated the project for electrification of 11 villages in Mose valley of Mulshi taluka. He said that the government was annually giving ' 6,000 crore worth of subsidy to domestic, below poverty line consumers and agricultural consumers.

      
 
 
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