Chhattisgarh electricity board split into five companies

October 5th, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh has embarked on a plan to become a leading power producer in India, signing 61 deals with independent power producers (IPPs) to generate about 50,000 MW of electricity, an official said Monday. The coal-fired power projects will come up in northern Chhattisgarh, a coal-rich belt, on a total investment of around Rs.250,000 crore.

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August 21st, 2009 RAIPUR - Maoist violence was continuing in certain parts of the country because development was not reaching the troubled areas, particularly in states like Chhattisgarh, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here Friday. Accusing Chhattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of failing to reach the fruits of development to vast Maoist-hit areas, Gandhi said: "If the government fails to reach people, then problem begins, and this is the case in Chhattisgarh." "See how Andhra Pradesh tackled the Maoist problem, it actually took the central government welfare schemes to problem-hit areas, but in Chhattisgarh the government is not reaching trouble-hit areas," the Congress leader told a press conference here.

July 23rd, 2009 RAIPUR - Power utility NTPC Ltd has agreed to provide 35 percent of the electricity produced at its upcoming 500 MW stage-III Korba project to Chhattisgarh, a government statement said Thursday. "NTPC (formerly National Thermal Power Corp) has agreed to provide 175 MW power to Chhattisgarh from its 500 MW stage-III Korba project that will begin generation by February 2010," the statement said.

July 15th, 2009 RAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh government Wednesday announced relief measures for families hit by Maoist violence including jobs to dependents of policemen killed while battling rebels. "The state government has decided to give jobs, on compassionate basis and within 60 days, to the relatives of the policemen killed by the Naxalites," Chief Minister Raman Singh told reporters after a cabinet meeting here.

June 27th, 2009 LUDHIANA - Industrialists and traders of Punjab have adopted a novel method to convince state politicians to provide them with adequate electricity-flowers. Recently flowers were given to state Tourism Minister Hira Singh Gabria in protest against the state government's failure to provide adequate power to the industries.

June 17th, 2009 CHENNAI - The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has decided to follow the billing system of telecom companies and start automatic remote meter reading. In a policy note submitted to the state assembly Wednesday, the energy department said the board has planned to introduce an "online web-based real time remote automatic meter reading for high tension services".

June 1st, 2009 RAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh government Monday announced that it will provide free electricity to farmers using irrigation pumps under five horse power capacity. The scheme, which will cost the state exchequer an estimated Rs.150 crore annually, will come into effect from Aug 15 this year, an official statement said.

May 31st, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has asked the industry department to take a tough stand against 14 mining companies that failed to fulfil their commitment of planting saplings, an official said Sunday. The industry department is now planning to cancel the mining leases of the companies, both public and private, blaming them for "environment neglect".

March 19th, 2009 RAIPUR - A three-member team of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Wednesday visited the Chhattisgarh capital to assess the facilities at a 60,000-seating capacity cricket stadium here. 'The team led by Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament director Dhiraj Malhotra inspected the facilities at the stadium at Parsada village (on the outskirts of Raipur),' Baldev Singh Bhatia, president of the Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh (CSCS), told IANS.

February 22nd, 2009 RAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh government suffered a revenue loss of over Rs.1.85 billion (Rs.185 crore)) during 2007-08 because of 'undue benefits' provided to various companies, a report by India's audit watchdog said. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its report on Chhattisgarh said: 'The state government stood to lose revenue of Rs.185.71 crore due to undue benefits to the allottees such as allotment of land at reduced rates.' The report has widely criticised Chhattisgarh State Industries Development Corp (CSIDC) for its its inadequate monitoring of the implementation of several state-sponsored projects.

February 7th, 2009 RAIPUR - The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will put up candidates for all 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh in the upcoming general elections, the party's state chief said here Sunday. 'The party will contest all 11 Lok Sabha seats on its own,' Dauram Ratnakar, BSP's Chhattisgarh president told IANS.

February 3rd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala government Wednesday gave its nod to set up a 2,400 MW thermal power plant in the state facing shortages of electricity supply. Chief Minister V.S.

January 17th, 2009 RAIPUR - In an attempt to end the power crisis in Karnataka, Chhattisgarh will supply about 300 MW electricity to the southern state, an official said Sunday. 'We have formally approved the Karnataka government's request.

January 8th, 2009 BHOPAL - Protesting against frequent power cuts in the state, residents of a town in Madhya Pradesh Friday ransacked and set on fire the office of the electricity board, police said. Scores of students and businessmen of Alampur town in the state's Bhind district Friday morning shouted slogans outside the office.