Report in Dawn, December 7th, 2023HYDERABAD: The Counter-Terrorism Department of Hyderabad police claimed to have arrested a suspect, who was involved in blowing up pylons of high transmission power line. A press release issued by the CTD here on Wednesday said that the suspect identified as Ahmed son of Bashir Ahmed was caught near Yusuf Goth in Jamshoro when he, along with his accomplices, was planning to blast high transmission line. His associates managed to…
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By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 14, 2023The Millennium Challenge Account Nepal (MCA-Nepal) has cancelled all the bids it received for the construction of a 315-km 400kV transmission line, marking a major setback in implementing the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact. It was compelled to take the decision after all the bidders quoted prices higher than the estimated cost of the project. MCA-Nepal, a special purpose vehicle set up for implementing the…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, July 31, 2023Nepal plans to export 370 megawatt (MW) of electricity to India through low-capacity transmission lines besides the existing only high-capacity 400kV Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur line as other under-construction high-capacity transmission lines have not been completed. Nepal can export a maximum of 1,000 MW through the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur Cross-Border Transmission and the two countries had agreed to transmit a maximum 800 MW during the Secretary-level Joint Steering Committee (JSC)…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 6, 2023Nepal and China are scheduled to hold another round of discussions later this month on the development of a cross-border transmission line between the two countries. A Joint Technical Group comprising representatives of the Nepal Electricity Authority and the State Grid Corporation of China had previously held two rounds of talks in China and Nepal, respectively, on the issue before the Covid-19 pandemic. Another meeting…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, January 24, 2023China has proposed a visit by a Chinese team to Nepal in February to hold a third round of discussions regarding the development of the Nepal-China Cross Border Transmission Line. A Joint Technical Group comprising representatives of the Nepal Electricity Authority and the State Grid Corporation of China had previously held two rounds of talks in China and Nepal, respectively, for the transmission line before…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 28, 2022In a move that will make hydroelectricity generated by Indian projects cheaper than that produced by Nepal, India’s power ministry starting earlier this month removed the inter-state transmission charges for new Indian hydropower projects. The ministry on December 2 issued the order to waive Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) charges on the transmission of electricity generated by new hydropower projects. The waiver is already available to…
report in Dawn, December 8th, 2022HYDERABAD: Two pylons of high transmission lines of National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) were partially damaged in Jamshoro when improvised explosive devices planted with the pylons’ foundations exploded late on Tuesday night. The Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA), which was said to have claimed responsibility for blowing up the pylons, said that all supply lines to Punjab were its target. The explosions took place at towers No467 and 463 located…