The Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), based in Bengaluru, and the Chhattisgarh government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a regional testing facility in the Raipur area.
As per the agreement, the national-level testing unit will be established on an area of 10 acres in sector-30 of Nava Raipur Atar Nagar which will have test facilities for transformers, energy meters, transformer oil, switch fuse unit and other electricity-related equipment, the public relations department official said.
Power companies will get a 20 per cent rebate in the testing of equipment, he said.
The contract was signed between Chhattisgarh energy department secretary Ankit Anand and Additional Director of CPRI, BA Sawale, in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel here at his official residence, he said.
