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Closure of UK-aided power project announced

By Our Special Correspondent

Hyderabad Nov. 25. The AP Transco and the DIFD, UK, have announced closure of the Energy Efficiency Project implemented in the State with Rs 300-crore British aid claiming "good results" under the project.

The British amount came as an outright grant without any strings attached for improving efficiency of the supply system, and it was used for a pilot project taken up for distribution upgradation in Khammam, Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda districts, and for establishment of SCADA facility at Erragadda in Hyderabad -- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition -- which ensures efficient inflow-outflow of energy in the grid and fool-proof fault-finding.

At a press conference here on Tuesday, following a power-point presentation on the achievements, M. V. Krishna Rao, chairman, Global Energy Consulting Engineers, consultants, and former distribution member of the erstwhile APSEB, who supervised implementation of the initiatives, Richard Heir, Dennis Brown, project director and resident project manager the DIFD, and G. Kesava Rao and J. V. Pandurangam, transmission and project directors, AP Transco, said, as a result of the project, technical losses in the aforesaid districts came down by half from the earlier 22-24 per cent.

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