PM to kickstart key power, urban sector projects in Kerala on February 19
By TIOL News Service
NEW DELHI, FEB 18, 2021: PRIME Minister Mr Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several power and urban sector projects in Kerala virtually on Friday, February 19, ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in the State.
Mr Modi will inaugurate the 320 KV Pugalur - Thrissur Power Transmission project, the 50 MW Kasaragod Solar Power project, and the water treatment plant at Aruvikkara. He will also lay the foundation stone of the Integrated Command and Control Centre for the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation and the Smart Roads project.
The Pugalur (Tamil Nadu)-Thrissur (Kerala) power transmitter is a voltage source convertor based High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) project and has India's first HVDC link. Built at a cost of Rs. 5,070 crore, it will facilitate transfer of 2,000 MW power from the western region and help meet the growth in load for the people of Kerala, while leaving 35-40 per cent less land footprint due to overhead lines.
In Kasargod district, the government is setting up a Rs. 280-crore solar power project under the National Solar Energy Mission. It will span 250 acres across the villages of Paivalike, Meenja and Chippar.
The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the 75 million litres per day Water Treatment Plant at Aruvikkara to boost supply of drinking water to people of Thiruvananthapuram and help avoid disruption of drinking water supply to the city in the event of maintenance work at the existing treatment plants.
Mr Modi will be laying the foundation stone of the Rs. 94 crore Integrated Command and Control Centre of the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation which will act as a common point of action during emergency situations.
He will also be laying the foundation stone of the Smart Roads Project in Thiruvananthapuram, which has an estimated cost of Rs. 427 crore and will convert 37 km of existing roads in the city to 'smart roads' by bringing all overhead utilities underneath and undertaking road and junction improvements.
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