Complete power infrastructure works at earliest, says Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy

VIJAYAWADA: Minister for Energy Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy on Monday directed energy department officials to complete works taken up to strengthen electricity network in the State. TRANSCO is executing Rs 3,897.42 crore worth works, out of which Rs 223.47 crore worth works pertain to the agriculture sector. In a review meeting with energy officials, he asked […]

Palli enters history as India’s first ‘carbon neutral panchayat’, PM Narendra Modi inaugurates 500 KV solar plant

PALLI: The nondescript hamlet of Palli in Jammu and Kashmir’s border district of Samba entered into the ‘modern history’ of India on Sunday as country’s first “carbon neutral panchayat” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicating to the nation 500 KV solar plant, installed in a record time of nearly three weeks. Modi, inaugurated the solar […]

District Electricity Committees remain dormant amid rampant power cuts in Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: Even as temperature rises alarmingly and unscheduled power cuts across the State compounds misery of people, the committees formed at the district-level to oversee the progress of power sector schemes and maintenance of sub-transmission and distribution networks barely meet. It may sound ludicrous but the fact is many elected representatives who are members of […]

Maharashtra: Aghadi, BJP spar over power crisis

MUMBAI: Amid power outages in parts of Maharashtra mainly due to coal supply disruption, a blame game has started with the Opposition BJP locking horns with the state government over “mismanagement” of energy generation and supply. Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut acknowledged the state’s failure to generate sufficient power, warning that consumers not paying their […]