BHUBANESWAR: Ironic as it may sound, problems of encroachment and land grabbing have not spared electrification projects even as a hard-pressed State Government is compelled to resort to load shedding. Electrification of Badagarh-Kesura sub-station, a World Bank-assisted project, is a case in point.

Mumbai: Finally, chief minister Ashok Chavan has something to showcase. The state government has given approval to start work on the world

BHUBANESWAR: While the steel project of Posco is hanging fire due to stiff resistance from the public over land acquisition, the BJP today announced its support to the farmers of Angul and Dhenkanal districts opposing acquisition of agricultural land in the Rengali right canal command area for independent power projects (IPPs).

State-owned power generating company Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL) and Larsen & Toubro today signed a joint venture agreement for the 1,600 MW (2X800 MW) coal-based thermal power project at Godhna in Chhattisgarh.

The Government of Karnataka has signed a joint venture agreement with Larsen and Toubro for establishing a 1600 MW (800x2) power plant in Chattisgarh.

State land acquisition dilemmas continue to handcuff the progress of new Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP)

Move follows unrest among farmers in some areas.

B.S. Satish Kumar

Farmers are set to become equity partners in renewable energy projects in Karnataka.

ALREADY home to the mega project that bears its name, Dabhol, a once- sleepy village along the Konkan coast may soon host another power plant. NTPC, India

The appeals filed by Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power Ltd (RPL) on acquiring land for its proposed Dadri power project in Uttar Pradesh hit a roadblock in the Supreme Court today, as one of the judges had apparently heard the case when he was in the Allahabad High Court.