Hyderabad, October 18: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy directed the officials to arrange supply of seven hours of power by increasing one hour from the existing six hours supply to agricultural connections in the State, as the production of coal in Singareni Collieries is coming back to normalcy.
In a review meeting, the officials informed that possibilities are being worked out to supply seven hours power to agricultural connections. They told the Chief Minister that the Singareni Collieries have recorded highest production and dispatched 86,000 metric tonnes of coal for the first time after the strike started on September 13. Normally, the thermal stations in the State require 90,000 to one lakh metric tonnes daily.
The Chief Minister also directed that the results of Group-II examinations conducted by the APPSC may be declared by the end of December, 2011 by completing the valuation. The officials informed that the examinations went-off well, 68.96 per cent candidates attended the examinations and the entire material reached here safely. It may be recalled that APPSC earlier stated that the results will be probably announced by February 2012.
——Agencies