Tala Transmision

completed

The project is to build, own, operate and maintain, on a BOOT basis for 30 years, five 400kV and one 220 kV double circuit transmission lines of about 1,200 kms from Siliguri, in West Bengal, to Mandaula, near New Delhi. The transmission line will pass through the following districts in the states of West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh: Darjeeling, Uttar Dinajpur, Kishanganj, Purnia, Madhepura, Gopalganj, Muzaffarapur, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Kabil Nagar, Basti, Faizabad, Bara Banki, Lucknow, Unnao, Hardoi, Shajahanpur, Bareilly, Rampur, Moradabad and Ghaziabad. The project will be executed by the proposed joint venture between Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) and Tata Power Company Limited. In addition, PGCIL – independent of the joint venture company – will enlarge existing substations (at Siliguri, Purnea, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Unnao and Mandaula) and construct four new substations (at Muzaffarpur, Gorakhpur, Lucknow and New Delhi) as part of the project with funding from the World Bank. The benefits of the project include the efficient evacuation of electricity from the power-surplus eastern region – including the 1,020 MW Tala Hydroelectric Project in Bhutan – to the power-deficit northern region with the attendant developmental impacts such as energy trading, lower tariffs and increased capital investment in industry and enterprise.