AMARAVATI: Notwithstanding apprehensions among farmers, the state government is going ahead to fix smart meters to about 18 lakh agriculture pumpsets in the next two to three months.
Andhra Pradesh will be the first state in the country to place the entire agriculture sector on metered calculation once the project is completed. The government has assured that the nine-hour uninterrupted supply of power to the agriculture sector will continue to be free even after fixation of meters. "There is no need to panic. Free power will continue as long as the YSRC is in power," said energy minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy.
