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The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 417]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2026/MAGHA 10, 1947
MINISTRY OF POWER
ORDER
New Delhi, the 21st January, 2026
S.O. 445(E).— Whereas M/s Adani Power Limited (APL), the applicant with its registered office at Adani Corporate House, Shantigram, Near Vaishnodevi Circle, S.G. Highway, Khodiyar, Ahmedabad - 382421, Gujarat has applied for authorization under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for laying of overhead transmission line for providing connectivity to 2x800 MW Thermal Power Plant of M/s Adani Power Limited located at Village – Raikheda, Gaitara and Chicholi, Tilda Block, Raipur District, Chhattisgarh for the contracted capacity of 1496 MW with the intra-state transmission system for Maharashtra at 400KV level of 765/400KV Tiroda S/s.
And whereas, Ministry of Power, Government of India vide its File No. 25-17/45/2025-PG dated 5th May, 2025 had granted prior approval under section 68(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003 for laying of overhead transmission line for providing connectivity to 2x800 MW Thermal Power Plant of M/s Adani Power Limited located at Village – Raikheda, Gaitara and Chicholi, Tilda Block, Raipur District, Chhattisgarh for the contracted capacity of 1496 MW with the intra-state transmission system for Maharashtra at 400KV level of 765/400KV Tiroda S/s.
M/s Adani Power Limited had published notice for transmission scheme in local newspapers Times Nation, Lokmat Times, Central Chronicle (all in English) dated 25th Jun, 2025, Nava Bharat and Lokmat (both in Hindi) dated 25th Jun, 2025, Deshonnati and Lokmat (both in Marathi) dated 25th Jun, 2025 and in Weekly Gazette of India dated 2nd August, 2025 for the general public to make observations/ representations on the proposed transmission route within two months from the date of publication. Subsequently, M/s Adani Power Limited has submitted an affidavit dated 10th Oct, 2025 declaring that no observation/ representation was received within two months from the date of Publication in the official Gazette of Government of India and newspaper publications.
And now the applicant has requested to confer upon him, all the powers under section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003, which the telegraph authority possess under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 with respect to the placing of telegraph lines and posts for the purpose of a telegraph established or maintained by Government or to be so established or maintained for laying of overhead transmission line for M/s Adani Power Limited. The following overhead transmission line is covered under this scheme:
1. APL-Tiroda 400 kV D/C Line
The overhead transmission line covered under the above scheme will pass through, over, around and between the following villages, towns and cities of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra state:
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