The 400-kilovolt (kV) Payra-Gopalganj power transmission line has gone into operation with a hope that it will facilitate the power supply from newly-constructed 1st unit of 1200-megawatt Payra coal-fired power plant.
The 163-kilometer (km) double circuit grid transmission line was commissioned by transmitting 400 kV electricity from Gopalganj grid substation in Moksedpur upazila of Gopalganj district.
The important transmission line was scheduled to come into operation in the first half of the year of 2019. But, it missed a number of deadlines for various reasons.
The main target of the project was to supply power from the 600 MW 1st unit of Payra Power Plant which was installed and commissioned a few months ago. But, the power transmission was not possible from the plant because of the delay in implementation of the transmission project.
