The OHRC held TPNODL, the power distribution company, responsible for the electrocution death of a father-son duo in 2016 rejecting its defence that the 11KV pin insulator burst due to the intervention of heavy birds.
After Delhi L-G V.K. Saxena on Saturday removed AAP spokesperson Jasmine Shah and three other AAP government nominees from boards of power discoms in Delhi, Shah termed the allegations levelled against him as 'nonsense', 'slanderous' and 'without a shred of evidence'.
Official sources said that the dues of states towards generation and transmission companies have come down with timely payment of just four EMIs. For payment of EMI of Rs 24,680 crore, five states have taken loans of Rs 16,812 crore from PFC and REC and eight states have opted to make their own arrangement, sources said.
Under the single window process, the Delhi government, via the Discoms, has empaneled nearly 10 vendors for helping the citizens to choose from various EV chargers.
The court held on a deterrence perspective of discouraging such heinous crimes as it not only causes economic losses but also jeopardizes lives.
In the run-up to the festival season, Tata Power-DDL’s Operations and Maintenance teams are on constant vigil to take care of any safety-related contingencies.
Union Power Minister R K Singh asked companies to consider a series of measures including resolution of stressed assets at a fair value with a minimal haircut.
PM Modi advised the Ministry of Power to ensure that DISCOMs publish their performance parameters periodically so that the people know how their DISCOMs fare in comparison to the peers.
