No strategy spell out to resolve regular load shedding

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMarch 9, 2022

The people of Meghalaya is fed up of the frequent power cuts and load shedding but the budget speech tabled by Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday did not spell the Government’s future strategy to resolve the vexed issue afflicting the people for the past few decades.

Informing that the Government has allocated Rs 467 crore for the power sector in 2022-23, Sangma said that the government has been working methodically over the past four years to reform the power sector. He also said that the first step in this direction was clearing the long pending dues of Rs 1,345 crore to the various power generating and distribution units.

The Chief Minister informed that the power generation capacity of the State is also being augmented while the 22.5 MW Ganol hydro-electric project being built at a cost of Rs 508 crore is nearing completion.

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He also said that the ‘Meghalaya Power Distribution Sector Improvement Project’ for strengthening the distribution network is progressing very well and it is being implemented at a total cost of Rs 1,225 crore.