Power situation is likely to improve in the capital, with the city’s power distribution companies all set to begin power procurement from 1st of April. According to the plan, distribution companies NDPL, BRPL and BYPL, which get power at subsidized rates from Delhi Transco, will buy power from the generating units through the power procurement group and distribute it across the city from April 1.

The Delhi Transco has basically asked the discoms to ensure that people who pay for electricity do not have to face power cuts. For this the discoms have been asked to switch to DT metering and zero in on theft-prone areas with more accuracy. At present there are more than 4,000 theft-prone areas in the city including Najafgarh, Sultanpuri and some resettlement colonies.

Meanwhile, following cases of violence against power discoms' staff, three companies of Central Industrial Security Force have been provided to each of the three discoms from April 1. The cost of deployment of the company would be met by the discoms and this would include providing residential accommodation to the personnel and payment for deployment of the entire company.

One hopes that all this eventually translates into reduced power cuts, but than April 1 also happens to be Fools Day, so you never know!