Gurugram: Officials yet to replace 220kV substation five years on
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Gurugram: Officials yet to replace 220kV substation five years on

Hindustan Times  

Even after over five years, state power department officials are yet to replace a defunct 220kV substation in Sector 77 that was shut following litigation with villagers over land pricing issue after land acquisition. BK Raghav, HVPNL superintending engineer,, said that had the Sector 77 substation that too of 220kV capacity been functional, power supply in the nearby sectors would have been comparatively smoother than it currently is. Another senior HVPNL official explained that to build the Sector 77 substation, Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran had acquired almost 15.5 acres of land in 2012 of which 11.6 acres was provided to HVPNL. Senior officials said that the entire land package was acquired at a rate of ₹1.5 crore per acre.

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