Vision Foundation urges early implementation of Saubhagya
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 30 2017:
Vision Foundation Manipur has written to the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power urging for early implementation of Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) in Manipur .
In a representation to the Union Minister, Vision Foundation Manipur has pointed out that despite decades of planning by the power authority in Manipur, they could not deliver the required power/energy to the needy domestic consumers by creating man-made sever power crisis .
The per capita consumption of energy of Manipur was 148 units in 2009-10 which was the lowest in any part of India and less than that of National level of 616 units of 2010 .
The per capita consumption of power in Manipur for 2015-16 was 298 units and 279 units in 2016-17.It further pointed out that Manipur is at the lowest in terms of power consumption in 2015-16 and 2016-17 .
As such, it urged the Minister to extend power supply to the domestic power consumers of Manipur first to enable 24 hours power supply in a day.