Haryana plans to construct 182 new substations

HISAR: The Haryana government plans to construct 182 new substations of different levels and augment capacity of 105 existing substations at a cost of Rs 4,569 crore during next 36 months, Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar on Tuesday said.

Speaking at village Pali, near Hisar, after laying the foundation stone of a 33 KV substation, Tanwar said beside addition of power generating capacity in the state by setting up new power generating projects it was also necessary to augment capacity of the transmission and distribution system.

He said this was necessary so that the electricity generated is transmitted and distributed at proper voltage and through an unstressed system of adequate capacity.

The Government has already spent Rs 2589 crore during last six year to strengthen the system by constructing 252 new substations of various levels and augmenting capacity of 456 old substations, he said.

He said the total number of substations has increased to 692 in the State. The government erected 3,504 km long transmission lines to connect the new substations.

Tanwar said the government has an ambitious comprehensive plan of Rs 350 crore to strengthen power transmission and distribution system in district Sirsa.

Under this plan, the power utilities would construct 21 substations of different levels, he added.