2 lakh prepaid electric metres to be installed
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 03 2015:
Manipur will install a total of 2 lakh prepaid electric metres by 2016 and there is plan to equip all district and sub-divisional headquarters with this power billing system.
An official source in Manipur State Power Distribution Limited (MSPDCL) said on Thursday that 18,000 prepaid electric metres were fixed in Paona bazaar and Thangal bazaar in 2011 .
These two major markets in Imphal were the first places to have this facility.
The system was then introduced in Greater Imphal area.
The Manipur State Power Distribution Limited is planning to fit 2 lakh prepaid electric metres in the State by 2016, the source informed.
The installation process is underway in the Greater Imphal area.
Plans are also afoot to introduce the system in all districts and sub-divisional headquarters, the source added.