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Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar informed the Legislative Assembly connected Thursday (March 5, 2026) that the authorities was investing astir ₹6,000 crore successful operation of substations arsenic portion of its efforts to fortify the powerfulness organisation web successful Andhra Pradesh.
Replying to a question raised by MLA Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathiraju regarding the operation of a 220/132 kV substation astatine Venugopalapuram successful Vizianagaram district, the Minister said the projected task was presently nether the re-tendering process.
He said efforts were connected to expedite the operation works and guarantee creaseless implementation of the task and informed that the substation was expected to beryllium completed by March 2027.
The Minister said specifically successful Vizianagaram district, 2 220 kV powerfulness projects worthy astir ₹46 crore were presently nether implementation.
Providing a broader position connected the State’s powerfulness infrastructure development, Mr. Ravi Kumar said the authorities was sanctioning 33/11 kV substations successful areas experiencing dense energy load crossed the State and that 200 substations were presently being constructed successful antithetic regions successful the State to conscionable the increasing request for energy successful the future.
Addressing different facet of the query, the Minister informed that implementing an underground powerfulness cabling strategy successful Vizianagaram municipality would impact important expenditure and the feasibility of specified a strategy would truthful beryllium examined based connected existent necessity and the availability of funds.
The Minister noted that the fig of industrial, commercial, domestic, and cultivation powerfulness consumers was expanding each twelvemonth and said successful presumption of the rising demand, the State authorities remained committed to expanding and strengthening the powerfulness infrastructure, peculiarly done operation of caller substations to guarantee reliable energy proviso successful the coming years.
