Tragedy at Tapovan Vishnugad hydel project: Understanding hydrology, geology of Himalayas is need of the hour Despite the high-risk and its capital-intensive nature, India s attraction for hydroelectric power has never ceased to exist Simantik Dowerah February 10, 2021 06:39:31 IST The damaged structure of the Tapovan Vishnugad dam. Image courtesy MoneyControl
When a picture of the wiped out Tapovan Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project clicked by the Indian Air Force appeared on social media, the raw power of nature and the vulnerability of large hydroelectric projects could not have been starker.
Over 150 people have been missing and 28 bodies have been recovered so far after a flash flood ravaged the project to the ground on the morning of 7 February this year. Most of the dead and the missing were workers working in the project site who were caught unaware b
Mysuru’s first EV charging station launched
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Manohar M. Bevinamara, CESC MD, at the inauguration of the electric vehicle charging station at the CESC corporate office in Vijayanagar, Mysuru, on Tuesday. M.A. Sriram
Mysuru’s first electric vehicle (EV) charging station was launched on the premises of the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation’s (CESC) Corporate Office at Vijayanagar, near Hinkal, on Tuesday.
Charging infrastructure for zero-emission vehicles in the city is all set for an improvement as two more stations will come up shortly at Kuvempunagar and Rajendranagar. This comes at a time when the number of EVs are on the rise in Mysuru with the entry of new variants to market in both two-wheeler and four-wheeler categories.
Tangedco expects higher demand in 2021 summer
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Receives approval to procure 1,000 MW via short-term measures
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Receives approval to procure 1,000 MW via short-term measures The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd. (Tangedco) has received approval from the State power regulator to procure 1,000 MW using short-term measures for this summer.
In its petition before Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC), the power utility said it expected minimum demand to increase during this summer to 15,100 MW, up 4% from about 14,500 MW during the summer of 2019. The summer demand in 2020 could not be taken as the yardstick because of the COVID-19-induced lockdown, it added.