India is planning on building a sub-sea power cable to Sri Lanka, the country's Union Power Ministry told The Hindu on Sunday.
“Currently, we are supplying power to Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar and importing power from Bhutan. Now we are also thinking to supply power to Sri Lanka through sub-sea underground cable. We haven’t started as yet, but we have found a new technology for sub-sea cable,” the Union Power Secretary PK Pujari was quoted as saying.
Stating that the project had previously been considered but deemed not viable due to the lack of technology Mr Pujari added, “at that time, the technology wasn’t very good and it was costly."
"Now, the technology has improved drastically. European countries use it extensively to import renewable energy. So, for Sri Lanka, we are re-examining it, to see if it is possible to lay the submarine cable. This is a good technology at a reasonable cost."
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