The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has been directed yet again to freeze the tender floated for procuring smart meters.
An April 24 order by the Additional Chief Secretary (Power) to the KSEB Chairman and Managing Director says that ‘‘tendering of smart meters may be kept in abeyance until the government takes a decision on the expert committee report”.
The Power department issued the single-line directive following strong intervention of employees’ organisations of the KSEB that objected to the TOTEX mode recommended for the meter rollout.
