Special Anniversary Issue

A Discom’s Journey: NDPL’s experience and lessons learnt

Power distribution operations in Delhi were privatised in July 2002. The Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) was taken over by three 51:49 joint ventures (JVs) with the Delhi government-Tata Power Delhi Distribu­tion Limited (then North Delhi Power Limited or NDPL), which se­r­vices an area of 510 square km that is one-third of Delhi, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited and BSES Yamuna Power Limited of the ADAG Reliance Group, which cover the remaining area. […]