Process to get connection made easier: Power Ministry
BY MPost15 July 2016 10:31 PM GMT
MPost15 July 2016 10:31 PM GMT
To ease the process of ‘Getting Electricity’ over the last two years, the Power Ministry on Thursday said it was mandatory to provide an electricity connection within 15 days of application as part of steps taken in last two years to ease the process of getting connections.
“The Ministry of Power has undertaken several reform measures to ease the process of ‘Getting Electricity’ over a period of last two years. These measures will drastically reduced the time taken for getting an electricity connection and will benefited citizens and industry alike,” the ministry said in a statement.
It has been made mandatory to provide electricity connection within 15 days to the consumers in normal conditions, it added.
A simplified procedure for getting electricity connection has been adopted after detailed discussions with Delhi and Maharashtra Discoms and other concerned agencies.
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has made the necessary changes to allow Low Tension connection up to 150 KVA and had also rationalized the tariff for the same in 2015.
The ministry has also stipulated time for each step in providing the connection. Within three days of online form submission for electricity connection, the field inspection of the site will be done, which will lead to the process to estimate preparation, load sanction and intimation for fee deposit to be completed in next four days.
After this, installation work, including meter and flow of electricity, will be done in eight days, thus completing the whole process in 15 days.
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