BANGALORE (AFX-ASIA) – Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee ordered electricity officials to plug 240 billion rupees in annual losses from power transmission and distribution. (US$1=48 rupees). “According to one estimate, 240 billion rupees disappears due to loss in distribution and transmission (of power) in a year,” he said at the inauguration of a power project…
INDIA: PM says government must stop 240 billion rupees/year electricity distribution losses
Posted on February 26, 2003 by EnergyAsia