As a step towards strengthening bilateral relations, India and Sri Lanka are planning to share electricity through undersea power cables.
The interesting features of the project are:
- Indian power circuit
- Indian power grid from Madurai to feed Rameswaram through an overhead transmission line
- From Rameswaram undersea cable would be laid to connect Talai Mannar, Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan power circuit
- Talaimannar to feed to Anuradhapura through an overhead line to connect to Sri Lankan power grid
- could be completed in 42 months
- cost of the project is Indian Rupees 2292 crores
- power cables would be laid in seabed like telecom or internet cables
- to have built in safety to address electrocution on both sides in case of undersea cable damage
- an optical fibre cable also would be laid along with power cables to monitor power cables and to enhance communication facilities on both sides
- to start with, power sharing would be of 500 MW and later can be enhanced up to 1000 MW
Here is the map showing the proposed power link
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