Power players miffed at Chandigarh’s ‘arbitrary’ amendments to bid rules
March 12, 2021
Power producers body calls for withdrawing changes The Chandigarh Union Territory Administration’s decision to modify the bid conditions for the privatisation of its power distribution company mid-way the tendering process, has evoked strong objections from the industry.
The industry, represented by the Association of Power Producers (APP), raised objections to the amendments made to the bidding rules for 100 per cent privatisation of the UT s power discom.
The amendments are feared to have an impact on the financial bids as well as it allowed new bidders to submit the bids even after the last date of submission.
Meghalaya Power Minister James P K Sangma on Wednesday said the NTPC has withdrawn load shedding regulation from all areas of the state. Invoking a provision of the 2007 pact between the NTPC and the then Congress-led government in Meghalaya, the PSU started regulating power supply since March 4 this year demanding Rs 400 crore outstanding dues from the state government. After my official visit to New Delhi on March 3rd 2021 to meet with Union Power Minister, I m delighted to inform that the @ntpclimited, has withdrawn the load shedding regulation, the state minister tweeted. He expressed his gratitude to Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and Union Power Minister R K Singh for addressing the matter.
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Human error, not Chinese cyber attack , says Union Power Minister on Mumbai 2020 blackout By Amit Kumar | Updated: Mar 02, 2021 17:49 IST
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): Union Power Minister R K Singh on Tuesday said that Mumbai power outage of October 2020 was caused by human error and there is no evidence to prove that it was trigged due to a cyber attack by China.
Speaking to ANI, Singh said, Two teams investigated the power outage and reported that the outage was caused by human error and not due to cyber attack. One of the teams submitted that cyber attacks did happen but they were not linked to the Mumbai grid failure,
After a US firm claimed a Chinese government-linked group of hackers targeted India s critical power grid system through malware, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday said Union Power Minister R K Singh spoke to him over the issue and stressed on the need to remain vigilant. Interacting with media persons outside the Vidhan Bhavan here, Deshmukh said the US company s report on suspected cyber attack on India s power grid should not be seen from a political point of view as it concerns the entire country not just Mumbai or Maharashtra. He said during their telephonic talk, Singh expressed concern over the issue and called for all to remain alert.