State-of-the-art GIS power substation to come up in Lawspet

A state-of-the-art Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation of the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) volition beryllium established successful Puducherry astatine a outgo of ₹68.67 crore by Salasar Techno Engineering Limited that volition adhd to the wide ratio of the organisation strategy successful the city.

Salasar Techno, which was awarded the declaration for the Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) Package SS-145 successful December 2025, volition execute the task astatine Lawspet nether the consultancy services that the PGCIL is providing to the Puducherry Electricity Department.

A property enactment from the institution said the GIS substation task involves the design, engineering, supply, erection, testing, and commissioning of a 110/22 kV Gas Insulated Substation (GIS), on with each associated civil, structural, and electrical works.

Once operational, the substation is expected to play a captious relation successful strengthening powerfulness organisation ratio and wide grid resilience, supporting some existing energy request and aboriginal load maturation driven by urbanisation and economical improvement successful the region, the property enactment added.

Shashank Agarwal, Managing Director, Salasar Techno Engineering Limited, said the institution expected the execution of the caller task to align with its grounds of delivering reliable, future-ready and transformative assets for India’s vigor infrastructure.