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Inception of the Company

Pursuant to direction from Government of Gujarat for reorganization of the power sector in the state, Gujarat Electricity Board has
been unbundled into separate seven Companies with functional responsibilities for generation, transmission, distribution and trading of
electricity with complete autonomous operations.
Accordingly, the distribution undertakings and functions of the Southern Distribution Zone of the erstwhile GEB stand transferred to
and vest in Dakshin Gujrat Vij Company Limited.The company was incorporated as a Public Limited Company on 15th September, 2003,
primarily to carry out distribution of electricity to retail and bulk consumers and has become operational effective from 1st April 2005. The
Company is engaged in distribution of electricity in 7 districts namely Bharuch, Narmada, Surat (except part of Surat City), Tapi, Dangs,
Navsari and Valsad in South Gujarat. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary Company of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited, a government
Company. The Company was incorporated with an authorized Capital of Rs. 10 Lacs divided into 1,00,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each , the
same has been increased to Rs. 500 Crores.
The Registered office of the Company is situated at Nana varachha Road, Nr. Kapodra Char Rasta, Surat-395006.

DGVCL at a Glance as on March - 2015

Area in Sq.Kms 23,307

No of Districts covered 7

No of Talukas covered 37

No of Towns covered 28

No of Consumers in lacs 27.32

No. of Villages 3,518

No of Circles 4

No of Division Offices 19

No of Sub Division Offices 117

No of Sub stations 197

No of Transformer centers 97,992

No of Feeders 1628

No of Employees 6335

H.T Line in Kms 41,989

L.T Line in Kms 46,456

LT : HT line Ratio 1.10

Daily Energy Required in MUs 55

Connected Load in MW 7,391.24

Revenue in Cr(2014-15) Rs. 10,771.47

The Company has the vision of providing customer satisfaction through service excellence. The company is committed to achieve the
goal of providing reliable and quality power at competitive cost and to reach global standards in reducing distribution losses.

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