The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) has drawn out Rs 980 crore investment plan to further strengthen the power distribution system in its command area during current fiscal.

The plan is likely to cover Panchkula, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Karnal, Panipat, Sonepat, Rohtak, Jhajjar and Jind.

Under the plan, major stress is likely to be given to the scheme of strengthening the system by providing high voltage distribution system in urban, rural and agriculture sectors for which a sum of Rs 656 crore have been earmarked. Under the aggregated technical and commercial loss reduction plan, consumer metering, distribution transformer metering and feeders metering will be given special emphasis.

Also, UHBVN has a plan to set up new substations and augment capacity of existing substations with a total investment of Rs 114 crore. For erection of 11 kV lines, cables, transformers and bifurcation/trifurcation of lengthy and overloaded feeders, a sum of Rs 35 crore has been proposed.