New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS): Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Monday laid the foundation stone for a 66/11 kilovolt (kV) grid at the Mitaron locality under the jurisdiction of the BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL).

The state-of-the grid sub-station significantly will boost the power supply to the 1.5 lakh residents of West Delhi and will cater to the requirements of upcoming electric vehicle bus depots, a BSES statement said.

Noting power demand in the capital has been increasing exponentially, the statement said that "when completed, this grid will benefit around 1.5 lakh residents of Delhi's fast developing western suburb in Najafgargh."

"Being constructed at a total cost of around Rs 40 crore, this 66/11 KV - 60 MVA (mega volt amp) Mitraon grid substation is being constructed in two phases. The first phase of 20 MVA will be commissioned in the record time of three-months and the second phase of additional 40 MVA will come thereafter," it said.

"Post its commissioning, it will further improve the power supply in areas like Gopal Nagar, Vinobha Enclave, Adiwasi Colony, Mitraon Extension, Prem Nagar,Sainik Enclave, Naveen Place, Krishna Vihar and Surakhpur Road. This grid substation is equipped with the next generation distribution technologies and conforms to stringent international standards," it added.

"With the commissioning of this grid substation, the installed capacity of west Delhi will increase to 2,628 MVA and of south Delhi to around 3,406 MVA, making a total of 6,034 MVA in the BRPL area. It will also cater to the needs of the three upcoming electric vehicle bus depots at villages Mundella, Dichaon and Ghummanhera," said BRPL Chief Executive Amal Sinha.