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Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) Managing Director V. Ram Prasath Manohar has directed officials to implicit the enactment connected the 400 kV Extra High Voltage (EHV) sub-station coming up astatine Kushtagi successful Koppal territory by March 2027, describing the task arsenic important for transmitting renewable vigor generated successful North Karnataka to different parts of the State and the country.
Mr. Manohar visited the task tract astatine Kushtagi connected Thursday and reviewed the advancement of work.
Following the inspection, helium instructed officials to guarantee the timely completion of the task which is expected to play a cardinal relation successful integrating ample volumes of star and upwind vigor into the State grid.
Later successful the day, helium chaired a high-level coordination gathering astatine the Deputy Commissioner’s bureau successful Koppal with Deputy Commissioner Suresh Itnal, Superintendent of Police Ram L. Arasiddi and officials from assorted departments participating successful it.
During the meeting, Mr. Manohar emphasised that the Doni-Kushtagi feeder enactment is captious for charging and commissioning the caller sub-station.
He said that the transmission corridor volition service arsenic the lifeline for greenish vigor evacuation and that the sub-station tin go operational lone aft enactment connected the feeder enactment is completed.
Pointing retired that Right of Way (RoW) issues person stalled advancement successful definite stretches of the transmission line, helium issued a three-month deadline to engineering teams to wide each hurdles.
He besides directed the territory medication and the constabulary authorities to widen each indispensable administrative and information enactment for resolving onshore acquisition and RoW-related issues astatine the earliest.
“The sub-station works are progressing astatine a bully pace. However, the installation cannot relation without the feeder line. The Doni-Kushtagi transmission enactment is the backbone of this greenish vigor proscription network. We volition intimately show the solution of each RoW issues implicit the adjacent 3 months and guarantee that the task is commissioned wrong the stipulated timeline,” helium said.
Mr. Manohar noted that erstwhile commissioned, the sub-station volition service arsenic a large gateway for transmitting renewable vigor generated by star and upwind powerfulness projects successful the portion to the State’s main powerfulness grid.
He said that the Kushtagi 400 kV sub-station and the associated Doni-Kushtagi transmission enactment volition importantly fortify the powerfulness infrastructure of the Kalyana Karnataka portion and enactment the State government’s efforts to grow renewable vigor integration.
Quoting Energy Minister K.J. George arsenic saying, officials said that the task volition beryllium instrumental successful accelerating Karnataka’s modulation towards a greenish vigor future. The Minister has stressed the value of expediting transmission infrastructure projects and ensuring adjacent coordination betwixt KPTCL and territory administrations for their timely completion.
Mr. Manohar expressed the assurance that the task volition beryllium afloat operational by March 2027 done coordinated efforts betwixt KPTCL and the territory administration.
