The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today okayed a grid power line of 5 giga watt (GW) capacity at the cost Rs 20,773 crore to evacuate power from the 13 GW solar power project in Ladakh to Haryana’s Kaithal district. The CCEA was chaired by PM Narendra Modi. The Union Government will bear 40% (Rs 8,309 crore) of the project cost and the rest would be raised by Powergrid, an entity under the Ministry of Power. The line is expected to be completed in seven years – by 2029-2030.
The line is a Green Energy Corridor Phase-II – Inter-State Transmission System.
