India Approves ₹68,800 Power Corridor Connecting Western Renewables With Eastern Demand Hubs
India has cleared the construction of 1,150 kilovolt power transmission corridor to connect the western renewable energy generation hubs with the eastern urban and industrial centers. With a cost of almost ₹68,800, the corridor is going to be India’s highest-voltage power network and will take about six years to complete.
The project was approved by India’s National Transmission Panel on 10th November 2026. Once completed, the 1,150-kV corridor will become India’s highest-voltage power transmission network, surpassing the existing 765-kV transmission lines that form the backbone of the national grid.
The first phase of the project will link the states of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and West Bengal and connect them with a 6,000 MW high-voltage transmission system carrying renewable power from Rajasthan’s Bhadla solar region.
As India grows its renewable energy generation capacity, this new corridor will address the challenge of transporting increasing volumes of renewable electricity across large distances. With India’s renewable energy generation capacity goals increasing to 800 GWs in the next decade, the planned transmission corridor is expected to strengthen grid reliability, improve the movement of renewable power across regions, and support the country’s long-term energy transition objectives.
