Patna, Apr 14 (PTI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today directed the energy department to ensure replacement of damaged transformers in rural areas within 72 hours and those in urban areas within 24 hours.The energy department should purchase transformers in such numbers that this time-frame could be maintained, he said after inaugurating 132/33 KV power sub-stations at Ekangarsarai and Nalanda.The state government would provide Rs 100 crore to the energy department for purchase of transformers in adequate numbers, the chief minister said.Kumar also directed the energy department to work out plans to strengthen transmission system and replace damaged wires in a time frame.The Chief Minister expressed hope that the state would be self-reliant in power sector by 2014 and said that NDA government has set up power plants with a generation capacity of about 3000 MW since it came to power in 2005.Claiming that several power projects with an investment of Rs one lakh crore were in pipeline, he charged the Centre with not providing coal linkages of the proposed power projects.”Whenever we demand coal linkages for the power projects, the Centre talks about giving coal blocks for the same,” he said.
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