Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held a progress review meeting of Energy Department officials at Home Office Krishna. In this meeting it was decided to provide electricity for 7 hours every day to agricultural pump sets so as not to burden the government.
The meeting chaired by Siddaramaiah was attended by senior officials of various departments including Energy Minister KJ George, Chief Minister’s Political Secretary Nazir Ahmed. In the meeting, the electricity problem caused in the state due to lack of rain was discussed at length.
Compared to 2022, the electricity demand in 2023 has increased by 43% on average. 15,978 MW demand was recorded in the month of October. Percent in electricity consumption than last year. 45 percent increase. Per cent in agricultural use. 55 to 119 percent increase. In other categories, there has been an increase of 9 to 14 percent. This is due to lack of rain, earlier than usual usage of IP sets and economic recovery after Covid-19.
