With successful generation of power from northeast's biggest gas-based thermal project of Palatana in south Tripura, officials from the Union power ministry met NE power department officials on Friday to make immediate arrangements to transmit power to Bongaigoan national grid.
The non-availability of power evacuation line beyond Silchar has created an obstacle in the commercial run of the first unit (363-MW capacity) of the project.
Officials of ONGC-Tripura Power Company Limited (OTPC) here said Palatana had produced 42 MW of power on October 22, and in two days, its power generation capacity reached to about 72 MW during test run. Very soon, the first unit of the project would be able to generate about 363 MW of power.
"Due to non-availability of power evacuation system up to Bongaigoan, the Palatana project can't produce power as per its capacity. After 120 MW, we have to put a cap on production, as the northeast load dispatch centre is yet to get the transmission nod," a top OTPC official said.
He added that a 400-KV high transmission power line covering 680 km has been laid from Palatana up to Silchar in southern Assam, but connection with the Bongaigoan national grid is still awaited. According to reports, the Union environment and forest ministry had recently gave the nod to set up power transmission towers in 300 locations on forest land across Meghalaya and Assam. North East Transmission Company Ltd, a venture of Power Grid Corporation of India, had applied for MoEF clearance to set up a 400-KV inter-state transmission line covering 661 km passing through hilly terrain, reserved forests, cultivated lands and rivers in Tripura, Meghalaya and Assam.
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