Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dedicated to the nation the Ranchi-Dharamjaygarh-Sipat 765 KV inter-regional power transmission line in Jharkhand.

This line is the first inter-regional link between the eastern and western region.

Central transmission utility Power Grid Corporation has implemented the Ranchi-Dharamjaygarh-Sipat inter-regional transmission line at a total cost of 1,600 crore rupees.

The benefits of the project include augmentation of inter-regional capacity of the eastern region with the western region,thereby facilitating exchange of surplus power between teh eastern and western region, depending on the availability of generation and load demand in each region.

Surplus power from the eastern region can also be transferred over this link to the western region for onward transfer to the southern or northern region.