Centre pulls plug on Rs 214 crore Chandigarh smart power project
After spending a whopping Rs 28 crore on installation of smart meters, the Union government has now decided not to go ahead with its Smart Grid Project in parts of Chandigarh city where the project had been implemented during its pilot run.
The reason — the Centre’s unwillingness to shell out Rs 241 crore for full-time implementation of the project at a time when the power sector of Chandigarh was being privatised.
As part of its pilot project, the UT administration had installed as many as 24,149 smart meters in some sectors and villages of the city. The places where these 24,149 smart meters were installed included Industrial Area Phase I and II, sectors 29,31,47,48, Ramdarbar, Village faidan, Hallo Majra, Behlana, Raipur Kalan, Makhanmajra, and Daria.
