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Delhi Launches Mission 2030 With ₹17,000 Crore Power Upgrade Plan

The programme will modernize the city's distribution network to meet rising demand, by focusing on undergrounding, converting legacy HVDS to LVDS, and rolling out smart meters.

Overview

  • Delhi unveiled Mission 2030 on Thursday, committing roughly ₹17,000 crore over the next four years to strengthen and expand its transmission and distribution networks.
  • The plan sets measurable service targets including cutting average power cuts per consumer from three to one and halving annual outage minutes from about 120 to 60.
  • Officials ordered specific technical fixes such as undergrounding busy corridors, converting old High Voltage Distribution Systems to Low Voltage Distribution Systems, and deploying smart meters and a digital twin for real‑time grid monitoring.
  • Projected peak demand under a baseline scenario is about 11,000 MW by 2030 and could rise to roughly 13,114 MW if electric vehicle charging and Metro expansion accelerate.
  • Delhi reports ₹1,426 crore spent in 2025–26 with constituency-level disclosures and says a detailed three-year implementation plan and constituency rollouts are being finalized to speed work and improve reliability for residents.