Private players queue up to bid for intra-state transmission projects.

Private players, including Alstom T&D, KEC, Kalpataru and Sterlite, are aggressively participating in intra-state transmission projects.

Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal have firmed up plans to invest Rs. 20,000 crore a year to augment their transmission networks. Kalpataru, KEC and Alstom recently bagged contracts in these states. Sterlite has secured the Rs. 400 crore Maheshwaram transmission project. L&T secured a transmission and distribution work order on engineering, procurement, construction basis from Odisha Power Transmission Corporation.

Besides, private players will participate in the Rs. 1 lakh crore transmission projects to be auctioned by the Centre, as announced by Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal.

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