Power Minister Manohar Lal urged the Chhattisgarh government to refrain from imposing any cess on hydro power projects and pump storage projects to prevent additional burden on consumer tariffs. In a review meeting in Raipur, he emphasized reducing aggregate technical and commercial losses below 10% to ease financial strain on discoms. Lal also advised resolving issues promptly related to NTPC projects and addressing challenges in land acquisition and mining leases for captive coal block development.
