Mumbai Urja Marg project a part of a wider inter-state transmission strengthening scheme namely Western Region Strengthening Scheme-XIX (WRSS-XIX) and North Eastern Region Strengthening Scheme-IX (NERSS-IX) which were approved in the 37th Meeting of Empowered Committee on Transmission held on 20 September 2017.
The components of Western Region and North Eastern Region (WR-NER) Strengthening Scheme are as below:
WRSS-XIX | Details | |
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Package A | Additional 400 kV outlets from Banaskantha 765/400 kV S/s | Setting up 35 ckm lines in Gujarat to help distribute renewable energy being generated in the state to a wider set of consumers. |
Package B | Establishment of New Substation at Vapi/Ambethi area and its associated transmission lines | Establishing a 1000 MVA substation in Vapi along with 51 ckm of lines to bring clean nuclear power from Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant in Gujarat for further distribution across the Union Territories of Daman, Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli. |
Package C | Additional ISTS feed to Navi Mumbai 400/220 kV substation of Powergrid | Setting up 179 ckm (~100kms) of lines for critical system strengthening and decongesting the evacuation system in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. |
NERSS-IX | ||
Package D | Pare Hydro Electric Project (Arunachal Pradesh) – North Lakhimpur 132 kV D/C line | nvolves evacuation of hydro power from 110 MW Pare Hydro-Electric Project situated in Arunachal Pradesh |