UP govt to strengthen power distribution network
Energy Minister AK Sharma said that the state government has drawn elaborate plans for strengthening the power distribution network for overall improvement across the state at an estimated expenditure of Rs 666.09 crore. The plan includes the construction of six primary or transmission sub-stations and laying of optical fibre lines and ABT meters.
The decision was taken at the meeting of the Energy Task Force chaired by the power minister in Lucknow on Tuesday. Projects approved by the ETF include three primary sub-stations of 220 kV each at Bareilly, Meerut and Noida and two 132 kV primary sub-stations at Barabanki and Muzaffarnagar. The total estimated cost of these substations will be Rs 370 crore.
