A 33/11 KV First GIS Sub-station inaugurated in Jaipur

New Delhi: 33/11 KV GIS Sub-station under the IPDS scheme of Government of India was inaugurated at Jaipur in Rajasthan on October 30. Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC), a Maharatna CPSE company and India’s leading power sector focused non-banking financial firm, is the Nodal Agency for the project executed under IPDS scheme and Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JVVNL) is the implementing agency for the project.

The 33/11 KV GIS Sub-station was inaugurated virtually by Dr B.D. Kalla, Power Minister, Government of Rajasthan in presence of Shri Bhaskar Sawant, Chairman Discoms, Shri Navin Arora, MD, JVVNL, Shri Ameen Qazi, MLA, Kishan Pole, Shri DC Aggarwal, Chief Engineer, Jaipur Zone, Shri DK Sharma, CE, PPM, Shri AK Tyagi, SE, Jaipur City and Senior Officers from Power Finance Corporation Limited as part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations that marks 75 years of India’s independence.

The 33/11 KV GIS Sub-station inaugurated at the Janana Hospital premise of the state capital is Rajasthan’s first GIS sub-station built in with an investment of Rs 8.00 crore. The sub-station will benefit close to 5000 households in the surrounding area of Chandpol in Jaipur with efficient power supply. The state of the art sub-station is SCADA enabled and was commissioned through a remote control. The functioning of the GIS sub-station can be controlled by the central control room from remote location.

In recent past, PFC has commissioned and inaugurated various GIS/AIS substations and RT-DAS systems across cities in the country as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.