Discoms told to cut down AT and C losses

HYDERABAD: To provide better services to consumers and to reduce energy losses further, the state government has directed all the power distribution companies (Discoms) to bring down the 'aggregate technical and commercial' losses to below 15 percent in major towns in the state.
To achieve this target, the Discoms have been asked by the energy department to fully gear up for implementation of Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (RAPDRP) in a timebound manner.Principal secretary (energy) Dinesh Kumar, who reviewed the progress and performance of APEPDCL on Saturday along with AP Transco chairmancummanaging director Ajay Jain, JMD (HRD Distribution) K. Ranganatham and APEPDCL's CMD Ahmad Nadeem, said the Union government had sanctioned a whopping `1,604 crore under PartA and PartB of RAPDRP to achieve the above target.