Helicrane was commissioned to deliver the materials to the sites directly, and over 3,500 tons of materials were airdropped in and around the Pir-Panjal range. https://www.sterlitepower.com/project/nrss-xxix-transmission-project-nrss
3. • Sterlite Power, one of India’s largest power
transmission sector players, has announced
commissioning of the 414 km long Northern
Region Strengthening Scheme 29 (NRSS 29), its
flagship project critical for meeting the power
requirements of the state of Jammu & Kashmir.
4. • The ₹3,000 crore project executed by NRSS
XXIX Transmission Limited, the PSV of Sterlite
Power, includes commissioning of three 400 kV
Double Circuit transmission lines and one
400/220 kV GIS Substation to deliver over 1,000
MW of electricity from Punjab to the Kashmir
Valley by strengthening the National Grid.
5. • The transmission line—conceived by the
government back in 2012—will improve access to
power in the Valley by augmenting the State’s
power transmission capacity by at least 33 per
cent, the company noted
6. • The line has been commissioned two months
ahead of schedule despite terrain challenges, the
company said adding that it used helicranes in the
Pir Panjal range to overcome challenges of high
altitude, snow and inaccessible terrains.
