VISHAL SHARMA AGRA. With the Rs. 85 crore power reform project for Agra to begin shortly under the Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (APDRP), the Agra based UP power discom Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (DVVNL) has decided to sub-let the tender for the testing of electrical appliances being installed under the programme to RITES, the consulting arm of Indian Railways. Talking to Business Standard , Kripal Singh, Managing Director, DVVNL said that lately, the power corporation had faced charges of installing sub-standard equipments under the various electrification projects being conducted by it. He said that since the electrification work to be done under the Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (APDRP) and Accelerated Rural Electrification Programme (AREP) was worth almost Rs. 200 crores in Agra alone, the company thought it prudent to invoke the help of an "impartial" and technically sound company to conduct test...
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