Independent regulatory agencies have become an important part of the governance landscape in India and elsewhere. Some regulators have achieved useful outcomes. However, the creation of independent sectoral regulators in India has not been accompanied by critical reflection on their role, or attention to the political, legal, and institutional contexts within which they operate.
Employees of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam today restored the power supply to the district after the police registered a case against 18 villagers of Bilaspur, who had allegedly beaten up the S
A series of hydropower projects on the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda may reduce the Ganga to a trickle. But project proponents will still be making money.
Patiala : More than 13,000 farmers who had applied for power connections for tube wells in the general category till March 1990 may be given connections by the end of March next by the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB).
The farmers had applied for connections and had also got test reports with the PSEB by the end of March in 1990.
But the PSEB did not release connections as it was not in a position to bear the load due to power shortage.
Urgent need to re-examine quality assurance of dams in the northeast On May 10, the Sangai Express, a local daily from Imphal, reported that parts of the Thoubal multipurpose project had developed cracks. Taking note of the apparent lack of quality construction, Thounaojam Shyamkumar, deputy speaker in the state assembly, said that the dam posed a threat and authorities concerned
The cabinet on Tuesday approved the action plans presented by subsequent companies of Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board for 11th Five-Year Plan 2007-12. These include division of feeders and scheme regarding agricultural pumps.
The action plan of Madhya Pradesh Power Transmission Company, Jabalpur is to the tune of Rs 5200 crore. Out of this, provision of Rs 2137 crore 31 lakh would be made under the limit of 11th Five-Year Plan.
Patiala, July 24
Prolonged power cuts have made life of urban and rural people miserable and the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has been blaming shutting down of three National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plants for bad power position in the state.
Calcutta, July 24: The power situation in the city and the districts worsened today with the combined shortfall in the evening peak hours shooting up to 975MW.
A shortage of 225MW in the city caused power cuts for two to three hours.
The districts endured more with seven to eight hours of darkness.
Yesterday, the combined shortfall in the CESC and the State Electricity Distribution Company areas was 765MW.
