DHAKA, Dec 15, 2022 (BSS) - Aminbazar-Gopalganj 400 KV power transmission line was successfully went into operation crossing the mighty Padma River due to hard and sincere steps of the government.

"We have successfully commissioned the 400 KV transmission line at 1:40pm today from Gopalganj to Amin Bazar", Managing Director of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) Golam Kibria told BSS here today.

He said that although the line was commissioned, electricity flow will not be given through this line, but plan is to flow electricity from next Saturday on test basis for two days.

According to the PGCB officials, the full commissioning of the newly constructed line will facilitate electricity transmission from the two large power plants - 1.320 MW Payra and 1,320 MW Rampal power plants - in the country's southern region to the capital. The state owned PGCB implemented the transmission line.

They said the Payra power plant having two units, each 620 MW capacity, set up in joint venture with Chinese company, was already been commissioned. The 1,320 MW Rampal power plant is also being built in joint venture with an Indian company, which will go for commercial operation in March next year.

Besides, the Payra 1,320MW Thermal Power Plant, the largest coal-powered plant in the country, is all set to begin the trial run to transmit electricity to Dhaka as both sides of the Padma River have been connected with power transmission lines. The river-crossing work was completed last month with the construction of 11 towers.

The total length of the line from Gopalganj to Aminbazar grid substation is 82.5km, of which 7.5 km over the River Padma.

Earlier, the PGCB constructed Payra-Gopalganj 400KV line and Gopalganj-Mongla 400KV line.