Governor K Rosaiah told the state Assembly that the state is likely to suffer severely in achieving its food production targets despite the government stating it would bear farmers' share of crop insurance premium in the Cauvery delta.
"The High-level committee, constituted by the government to assess the loss and recommend relief measures, has submitted its report and government will announce suitable relief package shortly," he said in his address to the first session for this year.
On the power crisis, which the Governor described as a 'legacy' left by the previous DMK regime, the government said consumption had gone up by 30 million units between October 2012 and January 2013 at 210 million units per day and various steps were being taken to address the situation.
The Stage III 600 MW Mettur Thermal Power Plant has already commenced trial production while the 500 MW first unit of the joint venture between TANGEDCO and NTPC at Vallur has been commissioned.
The second and third units of this JV totalling 1000 MW are expected to be commissioned in March and October 2013.
Load shedding has come down "considerably" due to efficient operation of power stations, besides procuring electricity from Power Exchanges and other sources, he said.
On the lines of the rain water harvesting initiative, the government would make generation and use of Solar Energy a people's movement and achieve targeted capacity of 3000 MW, he said while referring to the Solar Energy Policy. (MORE)
