India and Sri Lanka under sea transmission link project

Thursday, 06 Nov 2008

Project today reported that Sri Lankan government and the Indian government is likely to soon sign a MoU for the INR 1,000 crore under sea transmission link project, which will be implemented by Power Grid Corporation of India.

The under sea or marine survey for the proposed project is likely to be completed in 6 months and thereafter, a detail project report will be prepared. The cable survey will look into the traffic of movements of ships in the area, depth of sea, earthquake zones and volcanic actives as well as the presence of sharks in that area of sea. The link is likely to connect Madurai in Tamil Nadu and Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka's North Central Province.

The transmission line is expected to be 400 kV HVDC overhead lines from Madurai to the Indian coast near Rameshwaram 139 kilometer, a 400 KV HVDC cable from the Indian sea coast to the Sri Lankan sea coast 39 kilometer, a 400 KV HVDC over head line from the Sri Lankan coast to Anuradhapura/Puttalam 125 kilometer.