Demand for power in rabi season set to soar in Rajasthan
The Hindu
State Govt. launches exercise to assess demand to ensure adequate supply
The demand for power during the rabi sowing season is set to increase in Rajasthan, with the farmers depending on tubewells in their agricultural land for irrigation in the absence of a robust canal system and perennial rivers in the State. There are about 15.70 lakh agricultural power connections in Rajasthan.
The State government’s Energy Department has launched an exercise to assess the demand for electricity at agricultural fields during the next two months to ensure adequate supply to farmers. The rabi crops are generally sown in two phases in the State, first in October-November and later in January-February.
Additional Chief Secretary (Energy) Subodh Agarwal instructed the public sector power discoms in Jaipur, Ajmer and Jodhpur on Wednesday to make an assessment of the potential demand in the rabi season based on the average demand during the corresponding period in the last three years. The three discoms were also asked to prepare their action plan within the next three days.
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