Government approves Rs 12,500 crore transmission projects

New Delhi: In a bid to fast track building of high capacity inter-state transmission lines, the Ministry of Power has approved 9 new projects with an aggregate cost of over Rs.12,500 crore.
These transmission projects will benefit several states such as Haryana, Chhattisgarh, UP, MP, Maharashtra etc, by enabling high capacity 765kv lines carrying up to 2100MW each apart from construction of new 765/400kv substations. The projects will help evacuate power from central generating stations such as 660MW Sipat of NTPC, 1600MW Gadarwara, private sector generating stations such as Sassan UMPP (1320 MW). Congestion will also be reduced in Haryana Region by the strengthening of the Northern Transmission system. Projects which will be developed through tariff based competitive bidding process inviting participation from all Bidders including private sector.
These projects were mainly stuck in the approval process in the government since last several months. The approval to go ahead with implementation was granted immediately.
In the country as a whole, the total inter-regional transmission capacity of about 28,000 MW will be added in the next 3 years so that the total capacity is enhanced to more than 66000 MW by 2017.
List of Transmission Schemes approved by Government for high capacity Inter-State /Inter Region Transmission is as follows:
S.No
Scheme Name
Estimated Cost
(Rs.In Crore)
1
Northern Region system Strengthening Scheme–XXXV
88
2
Additional System Strengthening for Sipat STPS
2473
3
System Strengthening for IPPs in Chhattisgarh and other generation projects in Western Region
823
4
Additional System Strengthening Scheme for Chhattisgarh IPPs
2191
5
Transmission system associated with Gadarwara STPS (2x800 MW) of NTPC (Part-A)
2525
6
Transmission system associated with Gadarwara STPS (2x800 MW) of NTPC (Part-B)
2360
7
Connectivity lines for Maheshwaram (Hyderabad) 765/400 kV Pooling S/s
396
8
Transmission system for LTA of 400 MW for 2x500 MW Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. TS-I (Replacement) (NNTPS) in Neyveli
612
9
Transmission System Strengthening associated with Vindhyachal-V
1050

Total
12518