India to export 145 MW electricity to Nepal
The Dollar Business Bureau India said on Thursday that it would export extra electricity of 145 MW to Nepal through the newly built two cross-border transmission lines, few days after Nepal requested for more electricity to cope with the severe load-shedding. “Export of power to Nepal is expected to increase by around 145 MW shortly through two 132 kV transmission lines," Indian Embassy said in a statement. Last month, construction of the two cross-border transmission lines was completed. These are Katiya- Kusaha and Raxual-Parwanipur cross-border. Soon after the construction completed, Kathmandu requested New Delhi to provide power via these two transmission lines. Recently, Ambassador of Nepal to India, Deep Kumar Upadhyay, prodded the Indian Power Minister Piyush Goyal ...
Govt keen on electrifying all villages by May 2017
The Dollar Business Bureau Power Minister Piyush Goyal said the government will provide electricity connection to all the villages by May 2017, about a year before the 1000-day deadline established by Narendra Modi-led government. He also announced soft loans for states for undertaking this mission. "Electrification of villages have slowed down during the last couple of months due to rain. After my discussion with the states during these two days, I am confident that all the villages will get electricity connections by May 1, 2017, which is one year before the 1000-day deadline set by our government, which ends in May 2018," Goyal said, addressing the two-day Conference of Ministers for Power, New & Renewable Energy & Mines of States & Union Territories. "The ...
L&T wins new businesses worth 2271 Cr in energy and construction
The Dollar Business Bureau Larsen and Toubro’s construction arm has won deals worth Rs. 2271 cr. A release shared by the company with the BSE points out to 3 deals- a mixed-used development facility in Delhi, a civil work project at Hyderabad, and a power and transmission line in Thailand. With the first project, worth Rs.1500 crore, L&T has bagged a major turnkey project involving a leading and unnamed developer for constructing a mixed-used development facility at New Delhi. The project will involve L&T’s strengths in areas such as civil, structural, architectural and mechanical towards development of a business center tower, 2 hotel towers, and a convention center. The second project involving Rs.450 crore is towards upgrading an Air Force Academy facility ...
Powering up to get powered?
Another Power Trade Agreement (this time, with Nepal) to help another energy starved nation will not help solve India’s 'own' power woes. Or is there a smarter strategy behind the PTA? Steven Philip Warner | The Dollar Business Did you get a chance to watch the SRK-starrer Swades? If yes, we need many SRKs doing what SRK did in that flick. Strangely, what’s making headlines is a different story. India is the world’s fifth-largest producer of power. One line that calls for some celebration. But the only line. The rest is a tale that oozes tears. Over a fourth of Indians have no access to power. That’s 300 million-plus we’re talking about, almost the population of America! During FY2014, India’s power ...
