Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative has provided support to Municipal Corporation of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh for creating Smart City Infrastructure. Power Grid had sanctioned funds amounting to ₹1.98 crore for providing four Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) in the state of Himachal Pradesh. One truck mounted sweeping machine with vacuum cleaner and one truck mounted compactor has been handed over to Municipal Corporation, Shimla in the month of December 2020.
This initiative of Power Grid will help Municipal Corporation, Shimla in creating a smart city infrastructure and in maintaining cleanliness and hygiene of the city. Further, with introduction of these technologically advanced machines, the process of cleaning especially in difficult terrains of the hilly region, will be done in an easy and rapid manner.
Earlier, one SPV mounted vacuum assisted road sweeper, two sewer cleaning jetting vehicle machines costing ₹1.31 crore had been handed over to Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Manali, District Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. Apart from this, 3,250 solar LED street lights and 13,000 twin bins dustbins having financial implication of ₹11.49 crore, have been supplied and installed in various parts of Himachal Pradesh.
Besides, Power Grid has also undertaken efforts for skill development for local youth in district Lahaul and Spiti, through infrastructure additions & capacity building in field of mountaineering & allied activities with financial implication of ₹32 lacs. As part of CSR efforts in the state, 4 Medical Mobile units costing ₹ 1.06 crore to Bilaspur District Authorities, two ambulances in IGMC Shimla and District Hospital, Chamba have been provided.
Power Grid’s physical assets in Himachal Pradesh as on date stands at 1590 ckm of transmission lines, 4 sub-stations of 400/220 kV at Chamba, Hamirpur, Banala (all three are State-of- the-art technology Gas insulated Substation (GIS) and Nalagarh with more than 3,130 MVA of transformation capacity. Himachal Pradesh, flagged off truck mounted sewer jetting and litter picking machines, provided to the Municipal Corporation Shimla, Himachal Pradesh by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited.
