Sterlite Power commissions project to supply over 1,200 mw electricity to Ranchi, Purulia

MUMBAI: Sterlite Power has commissioned its fifth project, the Purulia-Kharagpur Transmission Project, which will supply 1,200 mw of electricity to Ranchi in Jharkhand and Purulia in West Bengal, the company said in a stamen Friday.

With the commissioning of this project, Sterlite Power is now managing a portfolio of 4,063 circuit km of operational transmission lines and two substations spread across 11 states.

The Purulia-Kharagpur Transmission Project consists of two 400-kV double circuit lines with a total length of 273 km including the 112-km long Purulia-Ranchi and 161-Km long Kharagpur-Chaibasa lines. Sterlite Power will operate and maintain the project, that runs across Jharkhand and West Bengal, for 35 years.