NEW DELHI: The union power ministry has transferred the 220 kV Srinagar-Drass-Kargil-Khaltsi-Leh transmission link to state run Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. The 335-km-long strategic power link connects the Ladakh region to the national grid and is at a height of 3,000-4,000 meter. “It comprises of four new state-of-the-art 220/66 kV Gas Insulated Sub-stations and 66 kV interconnection systems at Drass, Kargil, Khaltsi and Leh," the union power ministry said in a statement. PGCIL’s transmission network has 169,829 circuit km of transmission lines, 257 substations and 105 gigawatts (GW) of inter-regional electricity transmission capacity. Some of the areas that the power transmission major is exploring include generation, distribution, electric mobility and green hydrogen.

Source: Mint May 29, 2021 08:03 UTC