In order to meet the growing power demand, the capacity of transmission system will be upgraded under a comprehensive plan of Haryana government, costing the state about Rs 4,609.77 crore.

The plan, which will be executed in 24-36 months time, will involve setting up of 205 new power substations and upgrading of the capacity of 129 existing substations, said Mr Mahender Partap Singh, Haryana Minister for Power, Renewable Energy and Technical education.

Mr Singh, who was inaugurating a 66-KVsubstation at village Nimoth of district Gurgaon, said the substation has been set up at a cost of Rs 777 lakh in 3.5-acre land.

Initially, a transformer of 16 MVA capacity has been installed, connected with a loop of 66 KV single circuit and Ballabhgarh-Sohna line.

About 2,572 consumers of 32 villages surrounding village Nimoth, including 470 tubewell owners and 88 industrial units will benefit from this substation.

The Power Minister said that during 2010-11, the State had network of 640 substations and about 2,09,104 km long transmissions lines.

He said the demand for power in the fast progressing state of Haryana was increasing rapidly and there was a demand for new connections.

In 2010-11 alone, the Power Utilities released 2,25,805 new electricity connections, out of which 84,488 were domestic, 1,27,758 non-domestic, 9,323 tubewell and 4,236 connections were of industrial category.

He said that during the tenure of Hooda government, 175 new substations were set up and capacity of 249 existing substations was enhanced at a cost of Rs 1,508.18 crore.

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