Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao has directed the power department officials to speed up work on renewable energy projects started across the state and fix a timeline for their completion.
Officials are instructed to study the power-related projects being implemented in Rajasthan and Gujarat and take steps to emulate them while rolling them out in distribution companies in the state.
The chief secretary gave the instructions during a meeting with senior officials on Thursday to review the functioning of power, IT and other departments. The meeting was attended by officials from IT, health, mining, irrigation, city administration and other departments.
Mr. Ramakrishna Rao wanted the officials to take steps to ensure that there is no interruption of power supply to any section. Officials should review the status of ongoing works in the Northern and Southern Power Distribution Companies and ensure that planning is in line with emerging needs in the future. The officials explained to the Chief Secretary the arrangements for e-governance, progress of underground cabling, targets set for vision 2047 and other projects.
The Chief Secretary reviewed the progress of ongoing works related to super specialty hospitals at Alwal, Sanatnagar, LB Nagar, New Osmania Hospital complex and NIMS expansion. He inquired about the services made available to the patients, equipment and infrastructure in these institutions, availability of medicines and personnel matters. Besides ensuring quality medical care for people in rural and remote areas, he wanted occasional steps to improve services and continuous monitoring of the functioning of health facilities. The officials concerned were warned against taking a careless attitude in trying to achieve the targets set by the government, while Mr. Ramakrishna Rao directed them to speed up the construction of hospitals within the GHMC limits.
In IT, industry, mining and infrastructure, he inquired about ongoing projects, especially digital governance, steps to attract investment in the IT sector, startup ecosystem, cyber security and extension of T-Fibre services to all 12,751 villages across the state. Officials have been urged to take concrete steps to ensure that the state’s competitiveness in the IT sector is improved. In addition, steps should be taken to create an investor-friendly atmosphere to increase job potential.
The chief secretary emphasized the need to use technology to bring government services to people online, which could be possible with effective coordination between ministries. Apart from taking steps to make Mee Seva centers more accessible to common people, the officials could consider proposing an app through WhatsApp.
In the mining sector, he wanted officials to set up a CCTV camera network in the sand and explained the recent reforms initiated in the department. The meeting also reviewed the progress of work related to Bharat Future City and projects taken up by the Industrial Infrastructure Corporation.
Published – 29 Jan 2026 21:19 IST
