Within a month of coming into power, the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra has announced several infrastructure projects and development schemes.
Similarly, on Thursday, July 28, Shinde announced the Maharashtra government will install prepaid smart electricity meters, which will benefit 1.66 crore power consumers in the state.
This announcement was made during the ‘Ujjwal Bharat Ujjwal Bhavishya – Power 2047’ a programme organised by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) at Shahapur in Thane district.
Additionally, it is pertinent to note that this decision came after the Maharashtra cabinet had on Wednesday, July 27, approved a proposal to set up prepaid smart meters for electricity consumers and strengthen the electricity distribution system.
Union Minister Kapil Patil, MLA Niranjan Davkhare and senior officials of the state power companies in the state took part in the event.
He further mentioned that, during the cabinet meeting held, important decisions were taken that were aimed at reducing the losses happening due to power leakage.
The prepaid system of metering will minimise inefficiencies in collection. This smart feature in the prepaid smart metering allows a near real-time identification of loss pockets, while also giving consumer the freedom to plan their electricity usage as per their own needs and resources.
In the coming period, the projects undertaken by the state government in partnership with the Centre will be implemented in a rapid manner, Shinde added.
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