Sri Vijaya Puram, Dec 02: Acting on his Election time commitment of getting a permanent solution to the power crisis prevailing in the Islands, Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, Member of Parliament, submitted a detailed letter to the Prime Minister narrating the ground reality in the Islands. Mr. Ray pointed in his letter that the Grid Connected Solar Power Project implemented in the Islands is not giving the desired output and this is one reason behind power crisis in Sri Vijaya Puram in particular. Taking no cue of the failures in Solar Power Projects, a proposal is again being moved to implement new grid linked Solar Power Project in the Islands, the MP stated in his letter to PM.
Further the MP also reminded the PM that during his 2018 visit to A & N Islands, he had publically announced that a 50 MW RLNG based power plant will be installed in the Islands. But for unknown reasons the project was officially dumped.
The MP requested the PM to immediately intervene to ensure that the RLNG power gets nod for implementation in the Islands.
Subsequently to MP’s request, the PM had directed the Power Minister to re-initiate the process of installing 50 MW RLNG power plants in the Islands. Soon after the direction from PM the approval was granted by the ministry. This was informed by Mr. Shripad Naik, Minister of State for Power, New & Renewable Energy, Government of India vide DO no 4/4/2017-Th-I (Part-II) dated 26th Nov 2024 in a letter addressed to the MP.
This decision of the Government of India will greatly help in mitigating the long standing power crisis in the Islands, the MP said.
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