NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved the revised cost estimate for improving electricity transmission and distribution architecture for northeastern states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura.
The North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project is in sync with the government’s strategy of accelerating infrastructure development along the country’s frontier and will help strengthen intra-state transmission and distribution systems. State-owned Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd is working on these strategic electricity transmission links.
While briefing reporters after the CCEA meeting, information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar said the earlier budget for the project was ₹5,000 crore which has now been revised to Rs6,700 crore.
