Maharashtra to strengthen power generation capacity, transmission infra

By taking cues from the power outage in Mumbai in October 2020, the state government has chalked out a plan to strengthen its power generation capacity and transmission infrastructure for the power being injected into the city. Chief minister (CM) Uddhav Thackeray has appointed a task force for the speedy execution of the projects.

Anticipating power consumption of Mumbai and its suburbs to rise to 5,000 megawatts by 2024-25, the state has planned to increase the embedded generation of the power by another 1,000 MW in addition to the existing generation of 1,877MW. Similarly, the cope with the demand for power, the state has also decided to lay down transmission lines to enable the import of the power from outside projects and the national grid.