CAG raps PGCIL for shoddy infra planning; non-collection of Rs 6853 cr charges

NEW DELHI: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has rapped the country’s transmission utility Power Grid Corp for shoddy planning of infrastructure and non-collection of Rs 6,853 crore relinquishment charges from power companies that surrendered transmission access.

In its audit findings CAG said that no network plan was found available in the records or on the website of the central transmission utlitiy, Power Grid NSE 2.14 % Corp.