The APDCL (Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd.) spent around Rs 30,000 crore in the past five years to purchase power from different sources to meet the power requirement in the state.
Uncertainty looms large over the implementation of two proposed power projects in Assam: the 30-MW Silchar Gas-Based Power Project and the 660-MW Margherita Thermal Power Project.
The insulation of all bare conductors of power lines above elephant corridors in the state is underway to prevent the death of elephants through electrocution. The target length of such power lines is.
Fresh appointments of temporary workers in the APDCL (Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd.) have raked up the issue of the government not regularising the jobs of 6,147 temporary workers working in.