is that state which doesn't have 24 hour power supply :))))
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Sri Lanka and India are planning to lay an undersea transmission line to connect the power distribution networks of the two countries so that electricity can be supplied by one when the other is running short.
An initial report prepared by the Indian state-owned transmission utility PowerGrid has pegged the cost of the project at Rs 2,292 crore and said it could be completed within 42 months of getting investment approvals.
The report projects laying a power cable under the Gulf of Mannar between Rameswaram in India and Talaimannar on the left flank of the Mannar islands in Sri Lanka. On the Indian side, the undersea cable will be connected to the southern grid at Madurai through an overhead transmission line. On the Sri Lanka side, the underwater cable will be linked to that country s network at Anuradhapura through an overhead line.
The undersea link will be laid on the sea bed just as telecom and internet cables run across ocean beds around the world. It will have safeguards on both sides against electrocution in case of damage from ship anchors or sharks. An optic-fibre cable will also run alongside the main power cable to keep an eye on the link and also provide extra telecom capacity between the two countries |