Chandigarh, June 2 -- Union Power Minister Manohar Lal on Tuesday chaired a high-level review meeting at Haryana Niwas to assess the performance of the state's power utilities and various centrally sponsored schemes, emphasising that meeting growing electricity demand while reducing losses is the "need of the hour."

The meeting was also attended by Haryana Energy Minister Anil Vij.

Union Power Minister Manohar Lal said that meeting the growing electricity demand while reducing losses in the power sector is the need of the hour.

He emphasised that power utilities must adopt modern technologies and implement target-oriented schemes and projects to ensure an uninterrupted, high-quality, and reliable electricity supply to consumers, a rele...