Faridabad to get INR 700 crore for power transmission

Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam will spend about INR 700 crore to strengthen power transmission and distribution system in Faridabad district of Haryana, under a short term plan to be completed by 2009-10.

Under the proposed short term plan, it will renovate total old and stressed transmission system which was above 40 years old. Adequate additional capacity will also be created to release pending load. This plan covers construction of a 400 kV substation at Nawada, three substations of 220 kV level at A-2, A-5, and A-4 Faridabad and construction of five substations of 66 kV level at Escort I, Green Field Sector 20, Sector-58 and Sector-64. Besides, capacity of four existing 220 kV substations and 11 existing 66 kV substations will be augmented to strengthen the power transmission system.

The report said that DHBVN plans to augment and renovate its power distribution system at a cost of about INR.225 crore. Under the plan, the Nigam proposed to convert 33 feeders of 11 kV level to high voltage distribution system (HVDS) of international standard.