The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the revised cost estimate of the North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project (NERPSIP) at an estimated cost of Rs. 6,700 crore, which will help strengthen intra-state transmission and distribution systems. The scheme is being implemented through Powergrid Corp.

The company board has approved capital expenditure of approximately Rs. 207 crore towards purchase of land and will further incur approximately Rs. 170 crore towards construction, municipal charges, taxes and for other approvals for construction of corporate office of about 1,79,000 sq ft at Santacruz, Mumbai.

The state forest department is examining whether the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd needs environment clearance for the project to install six transmission towers through the heart of Ambazari Biodiversity Park.

The company has fully commissioned the Kohima-Mariani electricity transmission project. In July, Kohima-Mariani Transmission Ltd (KMTL), a special purpose vehicle, had commissioned Element-1 (substation) and Element-3 (New Kohima-New Mariani Line).The project was won in competitive bidding conducted by PFC Consulting Ltd.

The Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation has invited bids for construction of approximately 641 km of 220 kV SC/DC transmission lines with ACSR Zebra and 132 kV SC/DC lines with ACSR Panther on turnkey basis (Package 1 & 2). The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 212 crore.

India Grid Trust (IndiGrid) has completed the acquisition of another transmission asset, Gurgaon Palwal Transmission Ltd (GPTL) from Sterlite Power, at an enterprise value of Rs. 1,080 crore. With this acquisition, IndiGrid's assets under management have increased by 9 per cent to Rs. 13,300 crore.

Uttar Pradesh has inaugurated and laid the foundation of 28 transmission substations worth Rs. 3,135 crore. Out of these, projects worth 1,881.78 crore were inaugurated, and the foundation was laid for projects worth Rs. 1,253.56 crore.

A 220 KV substation will be built on 5 acres of land given by Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) in Sector 32 of Yamuna Expressway area. The work will be completed in 1.5 years. The substation will address the power demand of Jewar, Dankaur, Rabupura, etc.

Over twenty-two thousand active covid-19 cases have been reported in India, out of which around eight thousand cases have been cured. (Source: www.mygov.in dashboard, as of April 29th 2020).