Question : TRANSMISSION LINES FROM KOLAR CALICUT VIA MYSORE



(a) whether the Government have any proposal for laying of transmission lines from Kolar-Calicut via Mysore; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon by the Union Government?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER ( SHRIMATI JAYAWANTI MEHTA )

(a) & (b) : There is a proposal for construction of Kolar-Calicut transmission line via Mysore in two sections i.e. (i) Kolar-Hosur 400 KV D/C line and (ii) Hosur-Calicut (via Mysore) 400 KV D/C line. The Kolar-Hosur line is being constructed by POWERGRID as a part of Talcher-II Transmission System. The Hosur-Clicut line is proposed to be constructed under Ennore Transmission System. However, the schedule of this project is uncertain. Therefore, in addition to the existing 400 KV D/C line from Udumalpet (Tamil Nadu) to Thrissur (Kerala) and a second line from Madurai to Thiruvananthapuram (which is under construction by POWERGRID with expected commissioning in 2003-04), a third 400 KV transmission line to Kerala is being considered under other central sector generation projects which are proposed to come up by the end of tenth five year plan or early in the eleventh plan.