According to a highly placed reliable source, the initiative taken up by the NHPC to provide extra hours of electricity during the World Cup matches came in the wake of the announcement made by Assam and Meghalaya governments that regular supply of electricity would be provided for people to witness all the matches in their respective states.
The source further said the NHPC resorted to provide regular supply of electricity to Assam and Meghalaya following intimation from the respective governments to provide electricity during the World Cup.
However, in the case of Manipur, there has been no formal intimation for electric supply to the NHPC.
The Loktak Hydroelectric Project which is being run by the NHPC is currently operating only two turbines. With the increase in water level at the Loktak lake, the NHPC is preparing to use one more turbine during the World Cup.
Mention may be made that former chief minister W Nipamacha, during his tenure as the chief minister of the state threatened to block Ningthoukhong water canal if the NHPC failed to provide adequate share of power to Manipur.
A NHPC source said Manipur has huge over dues for electricity. If the state government clears the due bills for buying electricity, the NHPC would certainly provide adequate power supply to the state, it mentioned.
The NHPC source further said there has been special provision for providing round the clock supply of electricity to Mobile networking.
However, none of the Mobile phone networks came forward to avail the facilities provided by the NHPC.
Regular supply of electricity is being made to some areas where local clubs and organizations collect monthly electricity bills and pay the same to the power department.
[ via The Imphal Free Press ]
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