Rs 4,609-cr plan to light up state
Sunit Dhawan
Tribune News Service

Gurgaon, February 23
To strengthen the power transmission system in Gurgaon, the Haryana government is executing an ambitious plan involving an expenditure of Rs 1,000 crore. The plan is slated to be completed by 2011.

This was disclosed by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda while talking to mediapersons after inaugurating the state’s first gas-insulated grid substation (GIS) of 66 kV level in Sector 43 here today.

The CM also inaugurated a 220 kV substation in Sector 56 and a 66 kV substation in Sector 15 here and laid the foundation stone of a 220 kV substation in Sector 20.

The new substations inaugurated today have been constructed by the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) at a cost of Rs 60 crore. The 220 kV substation, of which foundation stone was laid today, is likely to cost Rs 94 crore.

Haryana Power Minister Mahender Partap Singh revealed that the state government planned to spend Rs 4,609.77 crore to strengthen the power transmission system in Haryana.

He said under the plan, the Haryana Power Utilities would construct 205 new substations and augment the capacity of 129 existing substations. The work was planned to be completed in two to three years.

In all, the Chief Minister dedicated and laid the foundation stones of infrastructural projects worth Rs 163 crore, including the third unit of a water-treatment plant of 91 MLD capacity at Basai village in the district.

He said in view of the rapid urbanisation and industrialisation in Gurgoan, the state government planned to establish 27 new substations having a total transformation capacity of 1,600 MVA in the district.

With the completion of this short-term plan of strengthening power transmission system in Gurgaon by the end of 2011, the total capacity of the system at the levels of 66 kV and 33 kV would increase to 2,292.5 MVA (including a capacity of 312.5 MVA to be added by the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam at 33 kV level), as against the expected demand of 1,994 MVA. At the level of 220 kV and 400 kV levels, the capacity of the system would be 2,890 MVA and 2,660 MVA, respectively.

Replying to a question, the Chief Minister asserted that by the end of next year, power situation in Haryana would be comfortable as 5,000 MW additional power generating capacity would be created.

To strengthen the power distribution system in Gurgaon, the DHBVN was erecting 49 new feeders of 11 kV level in rural areas.