Defective power meters : Third party audit goes for toss, as govt has no money!
Representational ImageNagpur: The high power bills have already brought tremendous distress and unrest among the consumers who are forced to suffer at the whims of MSEDCL and its private franchise SNDL. Now the consumers who were hoping for resolution...
MSEDCL felicitates 48 employees on Labour Day
Nagpur: MSEDCL (Mahavitarn), on the occasion of International Labour Day, felicitated 48 of its employees by presenting them with mementoes and certificates for meritorious services. The honoured employees include Chief Technician of Wardha MIDC A B Kadu who saved lives of...
HC notices to MSEDCL, Ombudsman over denial of ‘change of tariff’ to Gimatex Industries
Nagpur: Justice Z A Haq of Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on Wednesday issued notices to Superintending Engineer, MSEDCL, Ombudsman and others in four writ petitions filed by M/s Gimatex Industries Pvt. Ltd. having its plant at Hinganghat, District...
HC notice to MADC, MSEDCL for contempt of court
Nagpur: In a significant development Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has issued notice of contempt of court to MADC Ltd through its Vice Chairman Vishwas Patil (IAS), M/s Abhijeet MADC Nagpur Energy Pvt Ltd through its Director Shri Abhijeet...
MSEDCL plans 6-hour outage at Godhni (Pench IV) WTP on March 1
Representational Pic Nagpur: Water supply in the areas of Nara ESR, Nari ESR, Jaripatka ESR, Civil Lines DT, Dhantoli ESR, Sreenagar DT, Mhalgi Nagar ESR, Omkar Nagar -1 ESR and Omkar Nagar-2 ESR may get affected on March 1 (Wednesday). On...
Electrocution of wild animals by ‘electric’ fences will be checked with alarms
Nagpur: In the forest areas around Nagpur, in the jungles of Tadoba, Melghat etc. Man- Animal conflicts and competition for land have become tragically common. In the last few years there have been instances of tigers being poisoned; injured and thrown...
Mahavitaran gets ‘Best State Power Utility’ award
Nagpur: Mahavitaran (MSEDCL) was awarded the Second ‘Best State Power Utility’ at the recently held 10th Indian Energy Conference-2016 in New Delhi. Organized by Indian Chambers of Commerce in cooperation with Central Government’s Power Ministry, the award was presented by...
MSEDCL snaps power connections of 1238 defaulting consumers
Nagpur: Defaulting on clearing power bills has pushed 1238 consumers to dark as their connections were snapped by Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) in the past one week in Nagpur Circle. These consumers had not paid the outstanding power...
MSEDCL’s ‘Nav Prakash’ scheme lights up 13000 homes again, mops up Rs 4 crore
Nagpur: The ‘Nav Prakash Yojana’, an amnesty scheme launched by Mahavitaran (MSEDCL) for the consumers who have defaulted payment of bills and their power connections snapped permanently, lighted up the homes of over 13,000 such consumers in Vidarbha, again. At...
MSEDCL employees to get Rs 12,500 ex-gratia payment
Nagpur: State Energy Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday announced ex-gratia payment of Rs 12,500 to employees of MSEDCL, Mahagenco and Mahatransco. The contractual workers will receive Rs 6,000 as ex-gratia payment. The announcement was made at a meeting held at Prakashgad...
RTI ‘shocker’: 4921 persons electrocuted to death in six years
Nagpur: In a shocking revelation, a total of 4921 persons, including 296 employees of MSEDCL, lost their lives due to electrocution in the past six years. 5046 animals fell victims in the same period as well. The period also saw...
Flying Squads of SNDL themselves denting coffers with “set up” system
Nagpur: The aggrieved citizens, who targeted the truant MSEDCL (Mahavitaran) for running its affairs shabbily since years, found themselves between “The the devil and the deep sea” situation when the Spanco Nagpur Discom Limited (SNDL) was given the responsibility of...
Mayor inspects functioning of ‘Single Window System’
Nagpur: The Mayor Pravin Datke on Wednesday inspected the functioning of ‘Single Window System’ being operated at Fire Service Department premises at NMC head Office. The ‘Single Window System’ has been activated for providing Sarvajanik Ganesh Mandals the necessary permissions...
Single window system for Ganesh Mandals opens at NMC
Nagpur: In a sort of relief to hundreds of Sarvajanik Ganesh Mandals in the city, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation activated a single window system for obtaining permissions to erect pandal, stage, welcome arches on public roads or footpaths. The single...
No move to shut down Mahagenco power plants or units permanently: Govt
Nagpur: State Government has declared its resolve that no power plant or electricity generating units run by Mahagenco will be shut down permanently. Further, no officials and employees of Mahagenco working at the power generating units presently shut down will...
SNDL underground cables again hit by JCB on CA Road
More than 7000 consumers could have been affected; Area was immediately back-fed on priority basis. SNDL officials had also warned the JCB engaged in sewage line repair works. SNDL repeats its appeal to other utilities to consult for repair or new...
MSEDCL assures Congress to resolve various problems in Butibori
Nagpur: Activists of Congress led by the Regional Secretary Mujib Pathan took out a morcha to the Butibori-based office of Mahavitaran (MSEDCL) and staged a dharna demonstration to press for their various demands. Cornered by the agitation, the Executive Engineer...
महावितरण ने पूरी की कोंग्रेसियो की जायज मांग
शनिवार को जिलाध्यक्ष राजेंद्र मूलक का बुटीबोरी क्षेत्र में दौरा नागपुर: कांग्रेस के प्रदेश सचिव मुजीब पठान के नेतृत्व में बुटीबोरी स्थित महावितरण कार्यालय पर क्षेत्रीय समस्याओं को लेकर मोर्चा ले जाया गया। महावितरण कार्यालय पहुंचने पर धरना-प्रदर्शन किया गया।...
MSEDCL launched new toll free number 1912 for consumers
Nagpur: Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) has now launched a new toll free number 1912 for consumers apart from the existing toll free numbers 18002333435/18002003435 for lodging their various complaints. MSEDCL has also launched four mobile applications for its...
Feeder Manager Scheme has enhanced performance
260 power pilferers in Kamptee and Kanhan areas have been identified Penalty to the tune of Rs. 40:00 lacks recovered and 25 FIRs registered against the errant consumers Nagpur: Exceptional performance by Feeder Manager have successfully created panic amongst the power pilferers...
Bawankule dedicates SNDL’s new sub-station at Seminary Hills
Nagpur: State Energy Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday inaugurated the newly erected 10 MVA power transformer of SNDL at Seminary Hills (opposite TV Tower) Sub-station. West Nagpur MLA Sudhakar Deshmukh also graced the function among other dignitaries. This upgrade in SNDL’s...