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PM Modi to address 'Mann Ki Baat', launch power project in Varanasi today
New Delhi, June 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all scheduled for a busy Sunday as he will address his monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat' at 11 AM and then head for Varanasi city in Uttar Pradesh , where he will launch an Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS).
This is PM Modi's ninth radio address in which he shares his thoughts with the people on various issues.
His address comes amid a raging controversy involving External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje for allegedly helping former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi's application for immigration to the UK in 2011.
First on the PM's itinerary on Sunday will be a visit to Ranchi in Jharkhand where he will lay the foundation stone of an agriculture research centre.
Later, Modi will be launching Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) at Varanasi city.
The IPDS is one of the flagship programmes of the Ministry of Power and will be at the core attempt to ensure 24x7 power for all.
The Scheme, announced in the Union Budget 2014-15, aims at strengthening of sub-transmission network, Metering, IT application, Customer Care Services, provisioning of solar panels and the completion of the ongoing works of Restructured Accelerated Power Development and completion of the Reforms Programme (RAPDRP).
Government of India will provide budgetary support of Rs. 45,800 crore over the entire implementation period of IPDS. Out of the total amount Rs 1,067 crore has been sanctioned for Uttar Pradesh including Rs 572 crore for Varanasi.
"The Project envisages converting area overhead lines into underground cabling in the areas around the temples and ghats in the Varanasi city," read a government statement.
The Scheme includes upgradation of the electrical assets at Sub – centers, lines and distribution transformers, capacity enhancement and renewal of the old sub – stations and installation of roof-top solar panel in government buildings.
IPDS will help in reduction in AT&C losses; establishment of IT enabled energy accounting / auditing system, improvement in billed energy based on metered consumption and improvement in collection efficiency.
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