Council of ministers cancel 26 power project in Himachal

Council of Ministers meeting held here on Monday decided to cancel the 26 power project as the builders power producer did not show interest despite passing long time however CoMs decided to provide benefit to 191 proposed power project  under one time Amnesty schemes. Spokesperson of state power department said here today that harnessing hydropower is an important source of income for the state but in the last few years this sector is facing slowdown due to which many projects are pending. The matter figured during the Cabinet meeting yesterday. State Government said It decided to cancel the allotment of 26 project builders who were not found serious for project construction and who also did not sign Supplementary Implementation Agreement (SIA) under one time concession. With the aim of speedy implementation of these pending projects, the government took the decision to provide One Time Amnesty Scheme to the project builders in November, 2020 so that they can be completed by starting the work on these projects at the earliest.  A total of 224 projects were eligible under this scheme, out of which Milestones of 191 projects were redefined by signing SIA.  As per Supplementary Implementation Agreement (SIA) the projects were to sign the Connection Agreement and Long Term Open Access Agreement or Power Purchase Agreement but due to various reasons some projects could not sign the Connection Agreement and Long Term Open Access Agreement or Power Purchase Agreement as per the given time.  The decisions have been taken by the government in the cabinet meeting regarding one time concession to projects in which Connection Agreement and Long Term Open Access Agreement or Power Purchase Agreement have not been signed were given additional time till July 31, 2022.” If for any reason the Project Producer Connection Agreement and Long Term Open Access Agreement or Power Purchase Agreement 31.07 , 2022.  If he is not able to sign by 2022 and he is not responsible for the delay, then the administrative department would be Authorized to give additional time.”   It has been decided to give one time concession to six projects which were left out of the one time concession scheme.