Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister, laid the foundation stone for the Transmission System being built by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a ‘Maharatna’ CPSE under the Ministry of Power, Government of India for evacuation of power from Kudankulam Unit-3&4 (2x1000 MW) power plant
in a function held at Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu on 27th July 2025. The scheme being implemented by POWERGRID Kudankulam Transmission Limited under Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) project includes construction of 400 kV D/C (quad) Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (3&4) – Tuticorin-II GIS PS Transmission Line & two 400 kV GIS Line Terminal equipments at Tuticorin-II GIS.

Shri. R. N. Ravi, Hon’ble Governor, Tamil Nadu, Shri Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu, Hon’ble Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Dr. L. Murugan, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Thangam Thenarasu, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu, Smt. P Geetha Jeevan, Hon’ble Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment, Tamil Nadu, Smt. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, Hon’ble MP and senior officials from the central & state government and POWERGRID were present during the ceremony.