LICENCE TO POWER LINKS TRANSMISSION
LIMITED
LOK SABHA
Power Links Transmission
Ltd; a joint venture company of Power Grid Corporation of India
Ltd. and Tata Power Ltd; has been granted licence by Central Electricity
Regulatory Commission on 13.11.2003 to construct, maintain and
operate six transmission lines for evacuation of power to be generated
from Tala Hydro-electric Power Project in Bhutan. These are:
- Siliguri-Purnea 400 kV D/C (Quad.
Conductor) Transmission Line,
- Purnea-Muzzaffarpur (New) 400
kV D/C (Quad. Conductor) Transmission Line,
- Mazzaffarpur (New)- Gorakhpur
400 kV D/C (Quad. Conductor),
- Gorakhpur-Lucknow 400 kV D/C
(Twin Conductor) Transmission Line,
- Bareily-Mandola 400 kV D/C (Twin
Conductor) Transmission Line,
- Muzzaffarpur (New)-Muzzaffarpur
(BSEB) 220 kV 400 kV (Twin Conductor) Transmission Line.
The transmission
system will also be utilized for transfer of surplus power from
Eastern Region to Northern Region. Tata Power Ltd., and POWERGRID
will hold 51 per cent and 49 per cent of the equity share capital
respectively of the Company.
The project is scheduled
to be completed by June 2006. The transmission system will enable
delivery of 1020 MW power to be evacuated from Tala HEP, Bhutan
to Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Sikkim and Damodar Valley Corporation
in the Eastern Region in accordance with their allocated share.
The transmission system will also be utilized to transfer surplus
power from Eastern Region to the States of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana and National Capital Territory
of Delhi in Northern Region.
This information
was given in the Lok Sabha today in a written reply by the Minister
of Power Shri Anant Gangaram Geete.
