Bill payment goes online in Faridabad, Gurgaon

Now on, electricity consumers in Faridabad, Gurgaon and Hissar need not run from one office to the next for paying electricity bills. They can now pay their bills sitting at home, through the internet, as the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) launched the online facility for payment of electricity bills on Monday.

"The facility has been made available through DHBVN's website www.dhbvn.com to about six lakh consumers in 18 urban sub-divisions of Faridabad, Gurgaon and Hissar," DHBVN spokesman DP Dull said.

Haryana Minister for Power, Mahendra Pratap Singh, launched the facility, along with Sudhir Rajpal, managing director, DHBVN, Parveen Kumar, deputy commissioner, Faridabad on Monday.

Depending upon the choice of the bank, the website redirects consumers to the concerned bank website for completing the transaction, Dull explained. The payment can be made through internet banking, credit card and debit card through 27 banks.

Speaking on the occasion, Mahender Partap Singh said, “Haryana is predominantly an agricultural state and industries are also growing at a fast pace. Electricity is the lifeline for both of the sectors.”

While addressing the gathering, Sudhir Rajpal, managing director, DHBVN said information about bills for all consumers will also be provided on the website.

The DHBVN spokesman further informed that the facility for spot billing has been started in many towns in Haryana. He said the facility will be extended in a phased manner.

Under this facility, members belonging to the ex-services league and DHBVN officials take metre readings and generate bill on the spot.

Faridabad to get INR 700 crore for power transmission

Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam will spend about INR 700 crore to strengthen power transmission and distribution system in Faridabad district of Haryana, under a short term plan to be completed by 2009-10.

Under the proposed short term plan, it will renovate total old and stressed transmission system which was above 40 years old. Adequate additional capacity will also be created to release pending load. This plan covers construction of a 400 kV substation at Nawada, three substations of 220 kV level at A-2, A-5, and A-4 Faridabad and construction of five substations of 66 kV level at Escort I, Green Field Sector 20, Sector-58 and Sector-64. Besides, capacity of four existing 220 kV substations and 11 existing 66 kV substations will be augmented to strengthen the power transmission system.

The report said that DHBVN plans to augment and renovate its power distribution system at a cost of about INR.225 crore. Under the plan, the Nigam proposed to convert 33 feeders of 11 kV level to high voltage distribution system (HVDS) of international standard.

Plan for increasing power demand

The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) and the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) have prepared an ambitious plan of Rs 3,581 crore to augment power transmission and distribution system in Faridabad. The plan will cater the load demand for the period up to 2021.

A senior official of the Haryana Power Utilities said DHBVN plans to create an infrastructural network of 33 KV sub-stations for electricity distribution in the district. Presently, there is a network of 66 KV sub-stations which are controlled by the HVPN. The DHBVN plans to set up 324 new 33 KV sub-stations in the district which would be connected to 220 KV sub-stations to get power.

The power utilities have long term as well as short term plans to strengthen power transmission and distribution system in Faridabad district. Under short term plan, it is programmed to renovate old transmission systems.