Wardha-Dichpally line completed 13 months ahead of schedule
andhrapradesh | Written by : Suryaa Desk
It facilitates import of power, mainly from Chhattisgarh
The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) announced commissioning of the much-awaited 765/400KV Wardha-Dichpally (Nizamabad) double-circuit transmission line, well ahead of its scheduled completion in May 2018.
According to Executive Director (SR-I) of PGCIL V. Sekhar, the new transmission line linking the north-west-south corridors was officially commissioned on March 30. He said the new system would facilitate import of power mainly from Chhattisgarh. The Telangana power utilities have already been granted Long-Term Access of the transmission line.
The PGCIL executive said the project was fast-tracked on the request of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and was completed in a record time fulfilling the commitment. The Corporation thanked the State government and the administration of the districts through which the transmission line traverses till Dichpally, for their cooperation. He said the Corporation has completed another major inter-regional link by commissioning 765KV Angul-Srikakulam-Vemagiri double-circuit line facilitating the import of eastern region power to southern region in January this year. With the commissioning of the two links, an inter-regional power transfer capacity of 9,000 MW has been made available to the southern region. Besides, a 400/220KV sub-station to evacuate power from the Solar Park at Nambulapula Kunta in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh was commissioned in a record period of seven months, he explained, adding that it greatly boosted the renewable energy integration into the grid.During 2017-18, the Power Grid Corporation through its subsidiary PSITSL would be implementing the transmission system beyond Vemagiri to enable power transfer to the new capital region of A.P. and further connection to Kadapa (A.P.) and Tumkur in Karnataka. The works of +/-800KV Raigarh-Pugulur HVDC Project would also be implemented to further improve inter-regional power transfer capacity of 6,000 MW for southern region, he added.