Srinagar, May 15 -- The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet has approved augmentation of the Grid Sub Station at Zainakote from 450 Megavolt-Ampere (MVA) to 780 MVA at a cost of Rs 67.66 crore, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced on Friday.

The cabinet has also given a go-ahead to the upgradation of the 132 KV Pampore-Rawalpora and Rawalpora-Bemina transmission lines at a cost of Rs 25.47 crore.

A statement from the Jammu and Kashmir CMO read, "The Council of Ministers, chaired by the Chief Minister, has approved augmentation of the Grid Sub Station at Zainakote from 450 MVA to 780 MVA at a cost of Rs 67.66 crore, along with upgradation of the 132 KV Pampore-Rawalpora and Rawalpora-Bemina transmission lines at an estimated cost of Rs 25.47 cro...