Odisha sanctions transmission projects for reliable power supply in rural areas

The Odisha government on Monday sanctioned new transmission projects for stable and reliable power supply to the backward areas where the presently available voltage is comparatively low, an official said.

The Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) would construct 18 new transmission projects in backward areas, Energy Secretary Hemant Sharma said. The state government granted the projects at a meeting presided over by Chief Secretary AP Padhi. Padhi directed the energy department to complete the projects before the timeline which was fixed in March 2022.

The projects would come up in Sambalpur, Bargarh, Dhenkanal, Malkangiri, Keonjhar, Cuttack, Puri, Balasore, Sonepur, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrakh and Kandhamal districts.

The estimated cost of these projects vary in the range of Rs 27 crore to Rs 126 crore, Sharma said adding that the total input support against all these projects would be around Rs 250 crore.