Ensure uninterrupted power supply to Covid hospitals: Energy Secy

At a time when the state is witnessing a fresh wave of Covid-19, Discoms are gearing up to meet any power exigency in the coming two-three crucial months. Energy secretary Nagulapalli Srikant has instructed the power utilities to focus on power supply to Covid hospitals, which have around 4,000 ventilators, and 500 Ayushman Bharat Prandhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-empanelled hospitals in the state.The secretary, in a review meeting, said power utilities should always be ready to offer immediate service to any request from hospitals.

He instructed the officials to continuously monitor the operation of distribution transformers and monitor the maintenance activities as per checklist to avoid any interruptions in power supply. There are around 4,354 hospitals in the state under the three distribution companies (discoms), according to a statement from the department on Sunday.

The APEPDCL, APSPDCL and APCPDCL supply energy to the tune of 9.2 million units (MU)/annum, 6.8 MU/annum and 1.24 MU/annum respectively to hospitals and COVID care centres, the officials said.