Cable Corporation of India Ltd has bagged a Rs.29-crore turnkey contract from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd for a 110kV EHV cable turnkey project. The contract envisages a supply of 110 kV underground power cable and fibre optic cable package for connecting Vengatta Nagar and Marappalam substations in Puducherry.

The order includes survey, planning, design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, transportation, insurance, delivery at site and commissioning of the cables.

CCI will be providing the single core 630 sqmm XLPE copper cable with lead sheath and HDPE outer sheath and underground fibre optics cable (24 fibre) complete with all associated materials for the threephase, single circuit transmission link with a total route length of approximately 7 km.