Maphou dam site (Manipur), March 31 – In a move to control power theft and monitor loss of power in transmission, a new mechanism of power supply in a ‘pre-paid’ system is likely to be introduced in the State of Manipur.
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh informed this to a group of media persons on the sidelines of his day-long inspection visit at the Thoubal multi-purpose project site on Monday.
“We’re planning to introduce a pre-paid mechanism of power supply,” Ibobi said while replying to a question on shortage of power supply due to loss in it’s transmission process and frequent report of power theft. “Laying of underground cable is also in full swing in this regard,” he added. Manipur received around 100-110 MW against it’s requirement of 145-150MW of power in the peak hour.
The Chief Minister is confident of getting 145MW as the State’s share once the 2000MW Lower Subansiri (Arunachal Pradesh), 750MW Bongaigaon (Assam) and Palatana (Tripura) projects are commissioned in March next year (2011).
He also expressed need to upgrade the existing 132 KV Yurembam power supply transmission station, 8 km west of Imphal, and appealed to the people of Yurembam village to cooperate with the government in the interest of the State by allowing to acquire necessary land for the project.
Pre-paid power supply soon in Manipur
