NEW DELHI : India is exploring ways to bar Chinese firms from participating in a mega 7.5 gigawatts (GW) solar project in Ladakh including a 900-km strategic transmission link to transport surplus power to other parts of the country, said two people aware of the development.
This comes amid India’s effort to leverage its growing power sector market to prepare an economic response against China following the recent clashes in Ladakh, which led to the killing of 20 Indian Army personnel. Hostilities between the Himalayan neighbours have since dialled down a notch though India continues to upgrade border infrastructure.
A foreign firm is allowed to participate in the tender for the solar project either on a stand-alone basis, or as a member of a consortium.
