Rs. 5,284 crore for strengthening power infrastructure.

The Tamil Nadu government will spend Rs. 5,284 crore on strengthening power distribution and transmission infrastructure, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa informed the Assembly recently.

Making a suo motu statement, she said 60 new sub-stations and 2,500 km of high-tension transmission lines would be created. To shore up the power infrastructure in Chennai city, two more 230-KV sub-stations would be established at West Mambalam and Porur at a cost of Rs. 338.08 crore. A 400-KV sub-station would come up at Kamudhi in Ramanathapuram district at a cost of Rs. 435.50 crore, and another costing Rs. 47.51 crore would be established at Muthuramalingapuram in Virudhunagar district. These would be used to uplink the solar power generated in the district to the State grid.

THE HINDU