category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh A spokesperson of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) said that the Haryana Government has launched the Voluntary Disclosure Scheme, 2023, for agricultural tube-well connections of the agricultural consumers in the state. Under this scheme, consumers will have to deposit an amount at the rate of Rs 100 per kilowatt to increase their load. Apart from this, the service connection charges of Rs. 1500 per BHP in normal course will not be recovered, and their load will be regularized without any penalty. He said that before applying under the scheme, the consumers will have to pay all their outstanding bills. The agricultural consumers can apply on the UHBVN portal to declare the extra load of their tube-well connection s motors. It is optional for the applicant to disclose the details of the installed motor, including star rating and efficiency. Also, they are not required to submit any documents or affidavits of terms and conditions. As per the existing guidelines, they would have to submit a self-declaration form instead of a test report for an extended load with advance consumption deposit (security). The spokesman said that the extension of load will be considered regular from the date the applicant applies on the Nigam portal and submits the requisite advance consumption. The Nigam shall replace the existing equipment transformer service cable as per requirement immediately at its own cost. Apart from this, flat-rate consumers will also be covered under this scheme, provided they opt for metered supply instead of flat rate supply. He appealed to all the farmers to take advantage of this scheme of the Government and get the unauthorized load of their agricultural tube wells authorized so that better power supply could be provided to them. (editor dailyworld.in)