Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein reviewed the status of the ‘Comprehensive scheme for strengthening of transmission and distribution system in Arunachal Pradesh’ and said “we are seriously concerned for the strengthening of the transmission and distribution system in Arunachal Pradesh.”

Assuring full support from the Government of Arunachal Pradesh to the executing agency, the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), he said that transmission and distribution of power is vital for providing uninterrupted power supply across the state through a reliable grid connection.

He asked the PGCIL to expedite the implementation and complete the project ahead of the dateline issued by the Ministry of Power, Government of India. He also pressed for total coordination between the department of Power and executing agency, PGCIL.

Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar informed that this infrastructure-related project in the transmission line in the state will cover a distance of more than 4200 KM of 132/33 KV line with 124 substations.

He observed that the scheme implementation is not up to the mark and said it needs serious improvement. He further informed that the Ministry of Power, Government of India has fixed the completion target for 41 elements, i.e., 21 substations and 20 transmission lines for 31st March 2021.

In the meeting, issues regarding forest clearance, land acquisition, compensation and district wise issues were discussed with the respective deputy commissioners through video conferencing.