The Tamil Nadu government has sought the Union power ministry’s approval to extend the schedule for setting up power transmission network for renewable energy projects in the state. The original deadline for setting up the ‘intra-state green energy corridor’ was March 2017, which was extended to March 2019. The state wants the new deadline to be March 2020.
According to sources, the state needs more time to tackle the right-of-way (RoW) issues which are impeding the deployment of the green energy corridor within the state. “Currently, there are 70 RoW issues and the physical progress of the project is about 83%,” a senior government official told FE.
