Sterlite Grid and Burns & McDonnell International, have entered into an agreement to execute on transmission projects in India.
Both the firms will work on Northern Region System Strengthening 29 (NRSS 29) Project, which will carry 2,000 megawatts (MW) power energy to Kashmir from the state of Punjab.
Sterlite Grid will invest close to Rs 3,000 crore towards this critical asset comprising of 900 circuit kilometres (Ckm) of Transmission lines and 400 kilovolt (kV) Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) at Amargarh.
The company has committed to implement this 50 month project in less than 40 months.
“We, at Sterlite Grid, are committed to a cause that not a single unit of electricity should remain unused due to the lack of transmission infrastructure. To achieve this, we would like to eliminate transmission line delays by delivering these projects in half the benchmark time. Our partnership with Burns and McDonnell will help us achieve this goal by bringing cutting edge technologies to India.” said Pratik Agarwal – Vice Chairman, Sterlite Grid.
“Burns & McDonnell is keen to work with team Sterlite Grid on this challenging project in Kashmir Valley,” says Jim Hogan, Senior Vice President of Burns & McDonnell’s transmission & distribution division.
“Our engineers and construction specialists are committed to exploring methods to reduce the time needed to construct this important transmission line, which will strengthen the electric grid and bring much needed power to Jammu & Kashmir.”
Sterlite Grid expects to construct transmission systems on an accelerated time schedule of 12-16 months, as compared to current average of 30-40 months.
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