August 5, 2013

There has been a marked improvement in the laying down of 765 kV AC lines, 400 kV AC lines and 220 kV AC lines during June 2013 as compared to the corresponding period last year. The length of 765 kV AC lines, 400 kV AC lines and 220 kV AC lines that were laid down in June 2013 was 1117 CKM, 775 CKM and 1010 CKM respectively. These figures are much higher than the target for this month as well as the actual achievement for the last year.

Transmission projects continue to be accorded a high priority in the context of the need to evacuate power from generating stations to load centres, systems strengthening and augmentation of National Grid.

The comparative figures for the years 2013 and 2012 for the month of June are given in the table below: