Alstom T&D India said on Tuesday it has bagged three contracts worth Rs 168.7 crore from the West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Co Ltd for projects across the State.
The first two contracts are for the design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of a 220/132 kV gas-insulated substation (GIS) package for the Vidyasagar Industrial Park at Kharagpur and 220 kV GIS package for Dharampur.
The orders are worth about Rs 66.56 crore and Rs 33.87 crore, respectively.
In the third contract, worth Rs 68.3 crore, Alstom will supply a 400 kV sub-station and a 220 kV transformer bay at Gokarna, and a 220 kV substation and feeder bays at Krishnanagar. The 400 kV AIS substation is constructed to evacuate power from the 1,000 MW Sagardighi Power plant (Phase II).
It will be directly connected to the sub-station of PowerGrid.
“With these orders, Alstom T&D India has secured leadership position with more than 50 per cent market share in Eastern India for GIS and AIS substations,” Rathin Basu, MD, said in a statement.
Major investments West Bengal plans major investments in the transmission and distribution sector.
The aim is to build the transmission backbone of the State, through which power will be channelled from the eastern part of the country.
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