MSEDCL goes ahead with sub-station project.

Undeterred by the civic body'S latest resolution not to give land free of cost to the state power utility for construction of sub-stations, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has begun started setting up of the facilities on both the plots.

'The construction of substations at Tapovan and Ganeshwadi has begun after the land was transferred to the MSEDCL vide the urban development department's orders,' a senior MSEDCL official said. The MSEDCL had sought three plots where it wanted to raise three sub-stations of 10 MVA capacity each to meet the demand of 30 MVA for next year's Kumbh Mela. The three substations raised now were expected to benefit the citizens in the area for future demands as well.

While the MSEDCL had said the land identified at Ganeshwadi, Tapovan and Amar Dham be handed over to the company free of cost, the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) had adopted a resolution that the power utility would have to pay for it. The urban development department, however, overruled the NMC's resolution and handed over land in Tapovan and Ganeshwadi. The MSEDCL is planning to set up 20 MVA sub-station at Ganeshwadi.

TOI