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If transmission line projects are completed in time: PIA President
One of the most common topics picked up for discussion whenever entrepreneurs gather at PIA is about the lack of quality and assured power supply in Peenya Industrial Area and surrounding industrial estates.
Will we ever be a solution and if so, for how long more we will have to wait to see this, is a question that almost everyone asks.
For all the sceptics around us, the fact is, the problem of inadequate power supply and outages in Bengaluru, can be fully solved if long-pending power projects related to inter and intra-State transmission lines are implemented.
At a recent meeting with State government officials, Union Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Sri Piyush Goyal urged Karnataka to expedite land acquisition under Right of Way (ROW) to implement the long-pending power projects related to inter- and intra-state transmission lines, which can bring surplus power from the central grid to the state.
PIA President Sri Krishnamurthy explained that the problem was the delay in completing transmission line projects. One of the main reasons for this was the demand by property losers for higher compensation. For this he reasoned, that as the Minister had rightly pointed out, the Government should act expeditiously for an early resolution under the Right Of Way.
There are four delayed projects of transmission lines that are aimed at drawing power to the state from the central grid. These are: 400kv Yelahanka LILO project (approved in October 2011); 400 kv Dharmapuri-Somanahalli D/C line (approved in December 2011); 400 kv Madhugiri-Yelahanka D/C line (approved in October 2011); and 765 kv Madhugiri-Dharmapuri (Salem new) S/C line).
If all these projects are realised, Karnataka will get surplus power supply.
Incidentally, the Centre has approved a Renewable Energy Management Centre in Bengaluru to support large-scale grid integration.
“Sub-Station near Tigalarapalya/Andrahalli near Peenya Ina very significant announcement, the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (KPTCL) has requested PIA to make necessary arrangements for allotment of land to an extent of 50 m X 60 m near Tigalarapalya (D Group Layout)/Andrahalli near Peenya, in favour of KPTCL.
The land has been sought for establishing a 66/11kV Sub-Station to cater to the demand for uninterrupted and quality power supply, due to rapid industrialization in and around Peenya.”
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