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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-04062026-273143
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2757] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2026/JYAISTHA 12, 1948
MINISTRY OF POWER
ORDER
New Delhi, the 3rd June, 2026
S.O. 2851(E).— Whereas M/s Adani Renewable Energy 8 Limited (ARE8L), the applicant with its registered
Office at Adani Corporate House, Shantigram, Nr. Vaishno Devi Circle, S. G. Highway, Khodiyar, Ahmedabad-
382421, Gujarat, India has applied for authorization under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for laying of overhead
transmission line under the transmission scheme "Transmission System for Providing Connectivity to Adani Renewable
Energy Eight Limited for its 115 MW Solar Power Project in Kachchh, Gujarat"
And whereas, Ministry of Power, Government of India vide its letter No. 25-17/92/2025-PG dated 03.10.2025
had granted prior approval under section 68(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003 for the overhead line covered under the
transmission scheme "Transmission System for Providing Connectivity to Adani Renewable Energy Eight Limited for
its 115 MW Solar Power Project in Kachchh, Gujarat"
M/s Adani Renewable Energy Eight Limited had published notice for transmission scheme in local newspapers
Gujarat Samachar (Gujrati) dated 04.12.2025, Rajasthan Patrika (Hindi) dated 04.12.2025, The Indian Express (English)
dated 04.12.2025, and in Weekly Gazette of India dated 03.01.2026 for the general public to make
observations/representations on the proposed transmission route within 2 Months from the date of publication.
Subsequently M/s Adani Renewable Energy Eight Limited has submitted an affidavit dated 22.05.2026 declaring that
no observation/representation was received within 2 Months from the date of Publication of public notice.
M/s Adani Renewable Energy Eight Limited has submitted an Undertaking dated 21.05.2026 stating that the
route of the proposed overhead transmission line(s) is located outside the Revised Great Indian Bustard (GIB) Priority
Area of Rajasthan and Gujarat, as referred to in the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India dated 19.12.2025
in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 838 of 2019; the applicant has further undertaken to comply with all directions of the Hon'ble
Supreme Court as contained in the said judgment as well as with any subsequent directions issued by the competent
authorities in pursuance of the above order by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, and has also stated that the transmission line
alignment has been optimized, in such a way that they share maximum common stretch to the extent possible.
And now the applicant has requested to confer upon him, all the powers under section 164 of the Electricity
Act, 2003, which the telegraph authority possess under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 with respect to the placing of
telegraph lines and posts for the purpose of a telegraph established or maintained by Government or to be so established
or maintained for laying of electric lines under the transmission scheme "Transmission System for Providing
Connectivity to Adani Renewable Energy Eight Limited for its 115 MW Solar Power Project in Kachchh, Gujarat". The
following overhead line is covered under this scheme:
• ARE8L (Generating switchyard situated in village Ludbay, Taluka Nakhatrana, District Kachchh, Gujarat) –
Bhuj-II PS 220kV S/c line (On D/c Tower).
The transmission line covered under the above scheme will pass through, over, around and between the following
villages, towns and cities of Gujarat:
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