Under the PM Gati Shakti programme, the Union Ministry of Power is planning to complete the installation of 27,000 circuit kilometre (ckm) power transmission lines of the Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) by December 2024. About 10,000 circuit kilometres lines are under construction while 10,500 circuit kilometres are at various stages of bidding or tendering. As of June, 6,500 ckm of transmission line have been installed under the programme.
The government is focusing on building the transmission network to ensure that the generation capacities are not ‘stranded’. The additional transmission network includes developing of 28 substations. The power ministry is focusing on monitoring, optimizing cost and developing more transmission lines to achieve 500 GW of renewable energy, under the PM Gati Shakti programme. There is total of 4.6 lakh ckm transmission-line-network in India, of which about 2 lakh ckm comes under the ISTS.
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