PM Modi Inaugurated ₹1,122 Crore Power Projects in Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Gujarat today to formally inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for several major development projects in the Revenue, Energy, and Petrochemicals Departments. These projects included five power distribution projects worth ₹1,122 crore for the benefit of over 4.25 lakh consumers in the Ahmedabad, Mehsana, and Gandhinagar districts. 

These power projects are funded by Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited (UGVCL) and Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO) as part of the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) and Normal Development (ND) development schemes.

In Ahmedabad, a ₹608 crore project converted the overhead electrification network to underground. This will help improve safety, reliability, and aesthetics for 2,00,593 consumers in the area. The Mehsana project, which is worth ₹221 crore, and the Gandhinagar project, which is worth ₹178 crore, will help modernise the distribution network, help reduce transformer load, prevent conductor snapping, provide consumers with uninterrupted power supply, and benefit aggregate of over 2.2 Lakh consumers. 

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Ahmedabad was also served new substations for its power infrastructure. The ₹75 crore 66 kV Gota Substation had included about 3,000 consumers with reliable electricity, as well as enabling urban expansion, near the ₹39 crore 66 kV Chandkheda-II Substation. 

The Prime Minister also laid the foundation of two Revenue Department projects related to the ₹96 crore development of the Revenue Department facility at the same time. The ₹62 crore State Level Land Record Data Storage Centre in Gandhinagar was to securely store important land records and survey documents. The ₹34 crore Stamps and Registration Bhawan was planned in Ahmedabad to house citizen services in one modern facility. 

The developments were an important step in strengthening Gujarat’s electricity distribution and modernising revenue-related infrastructure for the reliability, convenience, and future backing of citizen services in the entire state.