Jaipur discom to introduce smart meters

JAIPUR: Jaipur discom plans to introduce smart meters in select areas of the city in which consumers have the option to prepay their bills and get daily updates on their mobiles of power consumption. The consumers, who opt for pre-payment will get a discount of 15 paise per unit as an incentive.
Officials said around 2.8 lakh smart meters will be installed in selected areas of Jaipur and Tonk districts in first phase. The project will be launched by the end of this month will be completed in a year. The meters will be installed areas where power pilferage is high. The present number of consumers in Jaipur city is around 8 lakh of which smart meters will be installed for 2.75 lakh consumers while 5,000 meters are meant for Tonk, an official said. A K Tyagi, superintendent engineer (IT) of JVVNL, said the Rs 193-crore project is funded on a 60:40 ratio by central and state governments. He said the meters have the provision for pre-paid as well as postpaid mode.