Power Grid Corporation of India has been declared as successful bidder under Tariff Based Competitive Bidding to establish Inter-State Transmission System for the project namely “Inter-regional (NR-WR) Transmission System strengthening to relieve the loading of 765 kV Vindhyachal-Varanasi D/c line” on Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis. The Letter of Intent (LoI) has been received by POWERGRID on 160 September 2025.

The project comprises establishment of new 765 kV Sub-Station at Prayagraj in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The project also comprises 765 kV D/c Transmission Lines traversing in the states of Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh.