Power transmission projects hit by delays, red tape

Clearances stuck by more than a year, private projects in the slow lane

Over a year after a top panel approved awarding several power transmission projects through competitive bidding to private players, these are yet to see the light of day. Also, the total value of projects on offer has come down by more than 90 per cent in the past three years.
 
Since July 2016, when the Empowered Committee on Transmission previously met, no new project has been approved despite growth in power access network with various central schemes.
 
Of the projects approved in 2016, four, including the one connecting a solar park in Fatehgarh, are yet to awarded or