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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan volition inaugurate the Pallivasal Extension Scheme, a large hydroelectric task successful the Idukki district, connected Thursday astatine 11 am. According to the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) Public Relations Officer, the Chief Minister volition besides officially inaugurate the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Idukki Hydroelectric Project, the State’s largest powerfulness project.
The Pallivasal Extension Scheme adds 60 megawatts (MW) of capableness to the State’s powerfulness grid done 2 30 MW generators. Designed to harness surplus h2o from the archetypal Pallivasal task — Kerala’s archetypal hydroelectric venture, commissioned successful 1940 — the hold is expected to nutrient 159.30 cardinal units of energy annually.
Power procreation astatine Pallivasal utilises h2o stored successful the Kundala and Mattupetty dams successful Munnar. This h2o is diverted done a 3.5 km passageway to the powerhouse to make electricity. The full outgo of the hold task is ₹594.37 crore. With its completion, a full of 100 MW of caller capableness has been integrated into the State’s hydel powerfulness sector.
Electricity Minister K. Krishnankutty volition preside implicit the function. Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine, Idukki MP Dean Kuriakose, MLAs M.M. Mani and A. Raja, and KSEB president Minhaj Alam among others volition be the function.
