Power distribution company officials said several areas, largely in central and east Delhi, were affected due to the failure. Some areas in north Delhi also faced outages.
74 of these fatalities were reported by 8 companies: Coal India (21), L&T (14), Vedanta (13, of which Hindustan Zinc reported 7), Tata Steel (7), Power Grid Corporation of India (7), JSW Steel (6), and ONGC (6).
In talks with Nigeria, Kenya & Niger for development of transmission system.
The import of power is expected to start by late 2012. The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board on Monday signed the deal with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd at a ceremony in Dhaka.
Declining to be identified, sources said the company, which is the third largest transmission company in the country, did not find the expertise provided by IL&FS to the consultancy business up to the mark and accordingly, decided to end the JV.
Have you heard of an electronic exchange to trade electricity? Soon, online power exchanges will be a reality in India.
The World Bank will give a loan of $1 billion (about Rs 5,000 crore) to power transmission company PGCIL this year for developing infrastructure in the sector.
With disinvestment on hold, the power ministry now seeks approval for initial public offers of power companies.
Reliance Energy Limited has outbid seven other companies, including Tata Power and GMR, to emerge as the top contender for building India's first fully independent private power transmission lines.
PGCIL planned to take a loan of about $2 billion (Rs 8,350 crore) from World Bank and $1 billion (Rs 4,150 crore) from Asian Development Bank, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde told Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
Unable to kickstart its maiden transmission project even two years after winning the bid, Reliance Energy Ltd has now sought government intervention to ensure that state-run Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd signs the joint venture agreement.
Only Mumbai and parts of Vidharbha were spared.
Strategy being reworked to launch ETFs, revive Suuti; proceeds may be Rs 24k crore
Private sector firms need to be re-engaged for better infra planning.
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