Construction of Teesta Stage-III transmission lines stalled for more than a month

MANGAN, 24 June: Setting up of high tension transmission lines of the 1,200 MW Teesta Stage-III hydel project has been stalled for more than a month now with no labor being deployed at any of the sites. The work has been awarded to Abir Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (AIPL).
No work has taken place at the sites located in North, East and South districts since 09 May.
At present, the transmission line cables and other materials are lying idle at different sites. It is learnt that the construction of the 400 KV D/C transmission line was supposed to be completed by the end of May this year.
Now, the farmers on whose land the materials have been kept are asking for compensation for the problems they are facing due to the construction materials lying on their land.
On the other hand, the Central and State governments will have to bear a loss of more than Rs 1 crore if the work is not completed on time. The power project is to supply 200MW of power to neighbouring state of West Bengal by December 2014.