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Tamil Nadu announces Rs 33,066 crore power transmission scheme
Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay announced a Rs 33,066 crore Transmission Improvement Scheme, including 196 new substations and 15,000 km of power lines. The plan also replaces ageing units at Thoothukudi Thermal Station with a new 1,600 MW supercritical plant under PPP.
In a Rule 110 announcement in the Assembly, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay unveiled a Rs 33,066 crore Transmission Improvement Scheme to upgrade the state's power infrastructure. The plan includes construction of 196 new substations and laying 15,000 km of power lines across the state.
The CM also said that five ageing 210-MW coal-based generating units at the Thoothukudi Thermal Station, with a combined installed capacity of 1,050 MW, will be replaced by a new 1,600-MW supercritical thermal plant. The new plant, comprising two units of 800 MW each, will be set up at the same complex under a public-private partnership at an estimated cost of Rs 20,800 crore.
- Thoothukudi Thermal Power Station
- coal plants
- Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay
- tamil nadu
- tamil nadu power
- electricity
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Tamil NaduPolitics
Tamil Nadu announces Rs 33,066 crore power transmission scheme
Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay announced a Rs 33,066 crore Transmission Improvement Scheme, including 196 new substations and 15,000 km of power lines. The plan also replaces ageing units at Thoothukudi Thermal Station with a new 1,600 MW supercritical plant under PPP.
In a Rule 110 announcement in the Assembly, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay unveiled a Rs 33,066 crore Transmission Improvement Scheme to upgrade the state's power infrastructure. The plan includes construction of 196 new substations and laying 15,000 km of power lines across the state.
The CM also said that five ageing 210-MW coal-based generating units at the Thoothukudi Thermal Station, with a combined installed capacity of 1,050 MW, will be replaced by a new 1,600-MW supercritical thermal plant. The new plant, comprising two units of 800 MW each, will be set up at the same complex under a public-private partnership at an estimated cost of Rs 20,800 crore.
- Thoothukudi Thermal Power Station
- coal plants
- Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay
- tamil nadu
- tamil nadu power
- electricity
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