India, May 23 -- Gurugram

The Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (HVPNL) has started building a 220kV substation at Sector 75A and will soon commission a 66kV substation in Sector 37 Part II, to address longstanding gaps in supply to industrial and residential areas, officials aware of the matter said on Friday.

The substations are based on gas-insulated technology, which requires less space than conventional air-insulated systems, and will cost Rs.97 crore in total, they said.

A senior HVPNL official, who did not wish to be named, said that the 220kV substation will improve supply to localities between Sohna Road and the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway. "Residents of several societies from Sector 69 to Sector 78 will be benefitted as their...