Nagaland power sector collapsing?
It was in 2014 that the Nagaland Chief Minister talked of formulating a comprehensive power policy for the State. Addressing a function in Kohima commemorating 50 years of service of the Nagaland Power department in November 2014, the CM pointed to the need for a coordinated approach to augment and improve generation, transmission and distribution of power. A year later, the Nagaland Chief Secretary toed a similar line speaking at the annual conference of the Association of Power Engineers, Nagaland, saying that the proposed power policy was being formulated. As the ‘power policy’ ferments indefinitely, Nagaland’s power sector is heading in a downward spiral. The annual fund apportioned to the department is a good indicator of this. As publ.....