Goemkarponn desk
Panaji: Even as the controversy rages over the Tamnar transmission line, inquiries reveal that the Central Electricity authority has made it mandatory for the M/s Goa Tamnar Transmission Projects Limited (GTTPL) to take permissions from all local panchayats wherever the line passes through.
Not just local bodies the project proponent has to seek the consent of the concerned authorities i.e. local bodies, Railways, National Highways, State Highways etc. before erection of proposed lines, the notification reads.
The notification issued by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) says that M/s Goa Tamnar Transmission Projects Limited (GTTPL), has applied for authorization under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for laying of electric lines under the transmission scheme “Additional 400 kV Feed to Goa and Additional System for Power Evacuation from Generation Projects pooled at Raigarh (Tamnar) Pool”.
CEA, Ministry of Power, Government of India had granted prior approval under section 68(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003 to M/s Goa Tamnar Transmission Projects Limited for the transmission scheme “Additional 400 kV Feed to Goa and Additional System for Power Evacuation from Generation Projects pooled at Raigarh (Tamnar) Pool”.
The notification was issued after applicant requested to confer upon him, all the powers under section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003, which the telegraph authority possess under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 with respect to the placing of telegraph lines and posts for the purpose of a telegraph established or maintained by Government or to be so established or maintained for laying of electric lines under the transmission scheme “Additional 400 kV Feed to Goa and Additional System for Power Evacuation from Generation Projects pooled at Raigarh (Tamnar) Pool” with the following scope of work:
1) LILO of one ckt. of Narendra (existing) – Narendra (New) 400 kV D/c quad line at Xeldem
2) Xeldem – Mapusa 400 kV D/c (Quad) line
3) Xeldem – Xeldem (existing) 220 kV HTLS D/c line
4) Dharamjaygarh Pool Section B – Raigarh (Tamnar) Pool 765 kV D/c line
M/s Goa Tamnar Transmission Projects Limited (GTTPL) had complied with the MoP’s procedure for obtaining the authorization under section 164 of Electricity Act, 2003 for the above scheme. Now, after careful consideration, Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of Power, Government of India, under section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003, confers all the powers to M/s Goa Tamnar Transmission Projects Limited for laying above overhead lines, which telegraph authority possesses under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 with respect to placing of telegraph lines and posts for the purposes of a telegraph established or maintained, by Government or to be established or maintained subject to following terms and conditions for installing the above mentioned lines, namely:
(i) The approval is granted for 25 years;
(ii) The Applicant shall have to seek the consent of the concerned authorities i.e. local bodies, Railways, National Highways, State Highways etc. before erection of proposed lines;
(iii) The Applicant shall have to follow regulations/codes of the Appropriate Commission regarding transmission, O&M, open access, etc., framed under Electricity Act, 2003.
(iv) The Applicant has been entrusted with the responsibility for laying of electric lines under the transmission scheme “Additional 400 kV Feed to Goa and Additional System for Power Evacuation from Generation Projects pooled at Raigarh (Tamnar) Pool”. The details of the works are published in the Gazette of India dated 26th May – 01st June, 2018.
(v) The Applicant shall operate the lines after approval of Electrical Inspector / Chief Electrical Inspector of Central Government;
(vi) The approval is subject to compliance of the requirement of the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 and the rules made there under by the applicant. (vii) M/s GTTPL shall have to submit the requisite clearances to Central Electricity Authority after obtaining the same from concerned authorities like Civil Aviation, Defence etc., at the time of Electrical Inspection.
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