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Cross border electrification to be taken up with MEA

A meeting between Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla and senior officials of the union ministry for power today decided to take up the matter of cross border electrification with the ministry of external affairs, an official statement here said.

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A meeting between Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla and senior officials of the union ministry for power today decided to take up the matter of cross border electrification with the ministry of external affairs, an official statement here said.

The chief minister had suggested to the centre during a meeting with Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi recently that nearby villages in Myanmar across the international boundary be given electricity from Mizoram.

The high-level central team, led by joint secretary A K Verma from the power ministry is here following the chief minister's request.

Representatives of the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, North East Electric Power Corporation Limited, Rural Electrification Corporation and National Hydroelectric Power Corporation were also present at the meeting, the statement added.

 

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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