New plan may see greater private role in power transmission

There is a need to increase the private sector investments in the power generation and transmission sector, a senior official said on Tuesday. “We have to unleash our potential of private sector in generation and transmission, both infrastructure areas,” said Ashish Upadhyaya, special secretary, union ministry of power, while addressing the CII South Asia Power Summit here.Srikant Nagupalli, Additional Secretary in the ministry of power said that there is a need for a comprehensive transmission plan and fast-tracked construction of transmission lines.

The construction of transmission lines has been an issue in the country’s power sector for a long time now.