(ET)
Wind power producers may soon get a breather from the stand-off over land allotment in Gujarat with the state finally planning to help centrally auctioned projects. The state’s revenue department has directed district collectors to help such projects. Gujarat was earlier helping developers to acquire land only for projects bid out by the state’s own distribution company, GUVNL (Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited). The order says “companies who have wind bids invited either by GUVNL or SECI or other agencies of the government of India, supported by a letter to that effect from GEDA (Gujarat Energy DevelopmentNSE 0.00 % Agency)” should be allotted land.
