Rs. 12,500 Crore approved by Government for Transmission Projects
The approval to go ahead with implementation was granted to 9 new projects
June 27, 2014. By Moulin
In a bid to fast track building of high capacity inter-state transmission lines, the Ministry of Power has finally approved 9 new projects with an aggregate cost of over Rs.12,500 crore which were stuck in the approval process in the government for 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:
| Sr.No. | Scheme name | Estimated Cost (Rs. In Crore) |
| 1 | Northern Region system Strengthening Scheme –XXXV | 88 |
| 2 | Additional System Strengthening for Sipat STPS | 823 |
| 4 | Additional System Strengthening Scheme for Chhattisgarh IPPs | 2525 |
| 6 | Transmission system associated with Gadarwara STPS (2x800 MW) of NTPC (Part-B) | 396 |
| 8 | Transmission system for LTA of 400 MW for 2x500 MW Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. TS-I (Replacement) (NNTPS) in Neyveli | 1050 |
| Total | 12518 |
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