World Bank would give Rs 13,000 crore for infrastructrual development of power generation facilities in the North East, which would be executed by Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL).

The PGCIL Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mr R N Nayak, was on a visit to the newly built 400/132 KV power substation at Srikona, near Silchar town, which was completed by PGCIL in 14 months and would start functioning by May 31.

“The station will receive 726 mw from Palatana in Tripura and this will be distributed to Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur and Mizoram which will greatly improve the power scenario of the region,” he said.