L-G clears 5.6 acres of village land for solar pooling substation

NEW DELHI Delhi Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) Taranjit Singh Sandhu connected Wednesday approved the allotment of astir 5.6 acres of onshore successful South West Delhi’s Issapur colony for the operation of a star pooling substation aimed astatine supporting the increasing fig of star powerfulness projects successful the area. According to officials, the nine-bigha parcel of gram sabha land, owned by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), has been allotted to the government’s Power Department escaped of outgo connected a 99-year lease. The substation is projected to code powerfulness evacuation constraints arising from a emergence successful star vigor procreation successful the Issapur-Dhansa belt. Power distributor BSES Rajdhani Power Limited ( has reported a important summation successful applications for star connections from cultivation landowners successful the region. Officials said star projects are being acceptable up connected backstage cultivation onshore nether the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission’s net-metering regulations. However, the existing 11 KV web lacks the capableness to sorb and transmit the expanding measurement of renewable vigor being generated. The projected 66 KV/11 KV substation volition facilitate the transportation of energy generated by these star plants to the city’s main powerfulness grid and fortify its renewable vigor infrastructure, they said. The L-G besides approved the transportation of DDA onshore to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for installation of a assistance astatine Rohini West metro presumption adjoining Dr. B.S.A. Hospital. Officials said the assistance is expected to amended accessibility for patients visiting the hospital, their attendants and different commuters utilizing the station. The transportation was approved aft the L-G’s involution arsenic an earlier connection was declined by the Delhi government’s Land and Building Department.

Published - June 10, 2026 11:39 p.m. IST