Mahadiscom wants to rope in pvt players in six more cities

Mumbai and its suburbs, which generally have uninterrupted power supply, had hours of load- shedding last week, forced by lack of coal at power plants

Pitching for letting private players operate and maintain its network, Mahadiscom, the cash-starved electricity distribution company of the Maharashtra government, is planning to invite international bids to implement franchisee model in six more locations.

Currently, the model is being successfully implemented in certain parts of Bhiwandi near Mumbai and Nagpur distribution circles, which are operated by Torrent Power and SNDL, respectively.

Mahadiscom, which has a consumer base of over 24 lakh, had also implemented the model in Aurangabad and Jalgaon through GTL and CGL, respectively.

However, since these firms delayed payments to Mahadiscom, their agreements were terminated.

“Since we have two success stories, which