Patna, April 14: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today directed the energy department to ensure replacement of damaged transformers in rural areas within 72 hours and those in urban areas within 24 hours.
The energy department should purchase transformers in such numbers that this time-frame could be maintained, he said after inaugurating 132/33 KV power sub-stations at Ekangarsarai and Nalanda.
The state government would provide Rs 100 crore to the energy department for the purchase of transformers in adequate numbers, the chief minister said.
Kumar also directed the energy department to work out plans to strengthen transmission system and replace damaged wires in a time frame.
The Chief Minister expressed hope that the state would be self-reliant in power sector by 2014 and said that NDA government has set up power plants with a generation capacity of about 3000 MW since it came to power in 2005.
-Agencies