Panaji: Power minister Nilesh Cabral on Friday said that he will come out with a white paper on power consumption in the state and on coal handling by next week in view of the opposition to the new power transmission line at Mollem. Cabral said that he will release a video to show how earlier power transmission lines have not damaged the environment.
“I will prove that what NGOs are saying is totally wrong,” Cabral told reporters. He said that every year power demand increases in the state by 5 per cent. If we don’t get a new power line after some time we will have to start power shutdowns in the state. The minister said that it will take at least three years to complete the power transmission line.
On Cortalim MLA Alina Saldanha’s opposition to double tracking, Cabral said that he will come out with white paper on transportation of coal over ten years.