Just months ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, BJP leader and Union Cabinet minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday unveiled two big power projects for Delhi.
He also said that despite the lack of an Assembly, the “Modi government” still managed to “initiate projects” in the capital in the last six months.
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Along with Union Power Minister Piyush Goel, Harsh Vardhan laid the foundation stone for a 220kV substation at Pappan Kalan, Dwarka, and inaugurated the newly constructed 220kV substation at Peeragarhi.
Officials said the Peeragarhi substation has been established by Delhi Transco Limited (DTL).
Constructed at a cost of Rs 52 crore, the Peeragarhi substation has state-of-the art technologies such as gas insulated switch gears. It has transformation capacity of 200 MVA and has been linked with the 400 kV Mundka substation.
With the commissioning of this substation, the existing 220kV substations at Najafgarh, Pappan Kalan and Rohini will be relieved of the excess load.
The 220 kV substation at Pappan Kalan is being executed by POWERGRID for DTL. It will cater to the power demand, especially in West and Northwest Delhi encompassing the Dwarka suburb area.
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Harsh Vardhan also illustrated the “special efforts” of the “Union Cabinet” to solve the long-term problems of the capital.
“In every cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister raises concerns about Delhi. He asks us about the outcomes of projects. No government has gone into such detailed planning for the city,” he said.
Citing various instances of initiatives undertaken by the Centre, Harsh Vardhan said, “Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu has taken up water problems faced by people in Dwarka and has set aside Rs 50 crore for this purpose.
More than 18 community centres have been approved and foundation stones for four secondary schools have been laid in the area. Construction of 200 new toilets in the area has also begun.”
Kaunain Sheriff M is an award-winning investigative journalist and the National Health Editor at The Indian Express. He is the author of Johnson & Johnson Files: The Indian Secrets of a Global Giant, an investigation into one of the world’s most powerful pharmaceutical companies.
With over a decade of experience, Kaunain brings deep expertise in three areas of investigative journalism: law, health, and data. He currently leads The Indian Express newsroom’s in-depth coverage of health.
His work has earned some of the most prestigious honours in journalism, including the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Award, and the Mumbai Press Club’s Red Ink Award.
Kaunain has also collaborated on major global investigations. He was part of the Implant Files project with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which exposed malpractices in the medical device industry across the world. He also contributed to an international investigation that uncovered how a Chinese big-data firm was monitoring thousands of prominent Indian individuals and institutions in real time.
Over the years, he has reported on several high-profile criminal trials, including the Hashimpura massacre, the 2G spectrum scam, and the coal block allocation case. Within The Indian Express, he has been honoured three times with the Indian Express Excellence Award for his investigations—on the anti-Sikh riots, the Vyapam exam scam, and the abuse of the National Security Act in Uttar Pradesh. ... Read More
