Kohima, September 7 (MExN): To discuss and propagate the ‘Energy Efficient Kohima’ project, the district administration held a meeting with Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) Administrator, KVC Chairman and Chairmen and representatives of colonies and wards under KMC at DC’s conference hall here on September 6.
The project was recently launched by the Kohima District Administration in collaboration with the Energy Efficient Service Limited (EESL), a public sector body of GoI under the Ministry of Power.
Deputy Commissioner of Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor, IAS pointed out the power shortage in the district. The present transformer has a capacity of 16-17 MW, whereas the requirement of the district is assessed to be 25 MW and in winter with all the festive decoration in every individual house, the demand rises to 31 MW, he said. The DC further stated that the power supply is less; however, the demand has been increasing leading to load shedding and power cuts which have been unavoidable.
Therefore, he said, with an aim to reduce and create efficient usage of electricity and also to prevent damage of power transformer in the district, under DISTEC Programme, LED bulbs will be provided to individual consumers on subsidized rate through village councils and panchayats in the district. The LED bulbs will consume less power thereby drastically reducing the electricity bills, he added.
The first phase of the programme has been implemented, where 4400 LED bulbs were provided to some selected villages and welfare homes, it was informed. In the second phase, it is planned to distribute 70,000 LED bulbs in Kohima Village and Kohima Town. The programme will further spread to surrounding villages and cover the whole district.
Informing that a guideline has also been prepared for the successful implementation of the programme, the DC urged all the village chairmen and representatives of colonies and wards to extend their cooperation and take part in the implementation as a responsible individual in their respective areas. He also sought assessment of LED bulbs requirement of every villages, colonies and wards from the representatives for distribution modalities.
Meanwhile, the chairmen and representatives of some villages and colonies shared various aspects of power problems, including payment of electricity bill and also raised certain issues for their clarification which were taken care by the EESL officials and the district administration. Taking note of the electricity bill payment issues, the DC asked the department to work out strategies and come up with practicable solution for the benefit of every individual. KMC Administrator, Kovi Meyase also raised some clarification on the implementation of the programme and further requested all the wards to take part in the new and innovative exercise.
SDO (C) Sadar, Kethosituo Sekhose also requested the chairmen and representatives of villages and colonies/wards to educate and propagate the main idea of the initiative to the people of their respective villages and wards in the district.
