West Bengal to achieve 100 per cent electrification by March 2017

[Ryuzaki]

"With electrification of homes in Sunderbans, the state will achieve 100% electrification by March 2017," said West Bengal minister for power & non-conventional energy sources, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay in Kolkata on Saturday. He was talking at an energy conclave organised by CII.

Describing the state as one of the few where power is not only surplus but uninterrupted, too, Chattopadhyay said the Bengal government is fully aware that power is key to development in all areas - industry, agriculture, education, etc.

"Explains why the state government has turned its focus on electrifying all households. As on today, 97% households in West Bengal have already been electrified," Chattopadhyay said.

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[SarthakGanguly]

Congrats @Rain Man, @BDforever

 

[[Bregs]]

Great going WB

 

[UKBengali]

Good going but does this mean the homes will all be connected to the grid, or the figure also includes homes with solar panels for electricity generation off-grid?

 

[scorpionx]

Describing the state as one of the few where power is not only surplus but uninterrupted, too, Chattopadhyay said the Bengal government is fully aware that power is key to development in all areas - industry, agriculture, education, etc.

It has to be. When most of the industries in Howrah,Hoogly and Durgapur industrial areas are getting shut down one by one, who can expect Bengal not to be a power surplus state?

 

[SarthakGanguly]

It has to be. When most of the industries in Howrah,Hoogly and Durgapur industrial areas are getting shut down one by one, who can expect Bengal not to be a power surplus state?

Wow! Smart policy making.

 

[scorpionx]

Wow! Smart policy making.

Actually, power sector in Bengal got a serious revival in late 80's by the Jyoti Basu government and continued during Buddhadeb's tenure. The then power minister Mrinal Bannerjee was doing excellent job in his office. A number of state of the art Chinese power plants came into service in 2007-2008, but from 2011 demands had taken a horrible downturn; And what the next power minister is doing is simply boasting the ridiculous self-assertion that its them who have made Bengal a power surplus state. Propaganda at its best.

 

[anant_s]

Actually, power sector in Bengal got a serious revival in late 80's by the Jyoti Basu government and continued during Buddhadeb's tenure. The then power minister Mrinal Bannerjee was doing excellent job in his office. A number of state of the art Chinese power plants came into service in 2007-2008, but from 2011 demands had taken a horrible downturn; And what the next power minister is doing is simply boasting the ridiculous self-assertion that its them who have made Bengal a power surplus state. Propaganda at its best.

the state is blessed with huge amount of Coal reserves and there is a huge potential to generate Thermal power, with with kind of Suicidal policies Ms. Banerjee is adopting, God save the state. Infact she turned down setting up of 6*1000 MWe VVER (Russian Light Water Reactors) same as at Koodankulam, at Haripur. those would've brought a huge amount of clean and cheap power to state along with jobs and general development. Now the plant might move to Andhra Pradesh.
After what she did at Shingur (Nano project), i don't think industry will take her words on industrial development seriously.

 

[scorpionx]

the state is blessed with huge amount of Coal reserves and there is a huge potential to generate Thermal power, with with kind of Suicidal policies Ms. Banerjee is adopting, God save the state. Infact she turned down setting up of 6*1000 MWe VVER (Russian Light Water Reactors) same as at Koodankulam, at Haripur. those would've brought a huge amount of clean and cheap power to state along with jobs and general development. Now the plant might move to Andhra Pradesh.
After what she did at Shingur (Nano project), i don't think industry will take her words on industrial development seriously.

Yes, we do have good quality coal reserve and extremely bad quality too (below grade G). The problem is mounting day by day, also because of her populist but escapist politics. She won't take land for Industries, she will not persecute for power pilferage and she won't let the power distribution company to raise the power tariffs. With the increasing production cost, what the power generation companies are let to do is to buy poor quality coals completely destroying the service lives of the boilers which are designed for higher grade coals. She has vowed to increase employment this time. Only time will tell how honest she is.

 

[GR!FF!N]

Chinese power plants came into service in 2007-2008

And with came massive amount of pain and suffering as well.Any sane minister would choose other power plants but not communists..You should read the follow ups as well.

6*1000 MWe VVER (Russian Light Water Reactors) same as at Koodankulam, at Haripur

Locals are protesting and totally unwilling.And even CPM came to support the locals.Just saying.

But things got changed recently..

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...nt-hope-still-afloat/articleshow/51250189.cms

 

[scorpionx]

And with came massive amount of pain and suffering as well.Any sane minister would choose other power plants but not communists..You should read the follow ups as well.



Locals are protesting and totally unwilling.And even CPM came to support the locals.Just saying.

But things got changed recently..

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...nt-hope-still-afloat/articleshow/51250189.cms

Griffin, I disagree on this point. I have worked in both Dong Fang and Bhel units. The later is horrible.

 

[dray]

the state is blessed with huge amount of Coal reserves and there is a huge potential to generate Thermal power, with with kind of Suicidal policies Ms. Banerjee is adopting, God save the state. Infact she turned down setting up of 6*1000 MWe VVER (Russian Light Water Reactors) same as at Koodankulam, at Haripur. those would've brought a huge amount of clean and cheap power to state along with jobs and general development. Now the plant might move to Andhra Pradesh.
After what she did at Shingur (Nano project), i don't think industry will take her words on industrial development seriously.

TMC government blocked a coal power plant by NTPC in Katwa planned during the CPM regime (among many other things) over land issues, she won't give land for the project (some land was acquired during the CPM's rule), and NTPC is not technologically advanced enough to make a plant in the sky.....poor NTPC.

Congrats @Rain Man, @BDforever

@BDforever is currently posted in Bangladesh.

 

[GR!FF!N]

Griffin, I disagree on this point. I have worked in both Dong Fang and Bhel units. The later is horrible.

I never worked with it,but what I've read is that Dong Fang units gave plenty troubles in West Bengal.And they needs extensive maintenance works.

 

[CorporateAffairs]

Isnt in BENGAL? Pls delete "west" word.

 

[kaykay]

Infact WB is supplying surplus 1000 MW to Bangladesh.