Power

KPCL since its inception in 1970 has grown steadily with initial installed capacity of 746 MW to 8738.305 MW. The present installation comprises 5020 MW of Thermal Power, 3679.75 MW of Hydro power, 4.555 MW of wind power and 34 MW of solar power, with 370 MW of Combined cycle power on the verge of commissioning. Some of these power plants were commissioned several years back and in order to keep these units operating healthy, R&M activities were carried out for certain units and needs to be carried out for remaining units, based on their ageing and operating hours.

Installed Capacity

Renewable Energy Capacity

Power Plants in Karnataka

Ports

Karnataka is one of the nine coastal states of India. The State has a coastline ~320 km which houses 13 non-major ports and one major port. Presently, the State of Karnataka is responsible for handling ~4.5% of India's total port cargo.The Indian Non-Major Ports have handled about 615 million tons of cargo in FY 2020, out of which Karnataka's Non-Major Ports have handled ~0.93 million ton.Despite the presence of thirteen non-major ports, the State's capacity to handle water-borne cargo is limited. The State requires state-of-the-art infrastructural facilities and the upgradation of the existing ports from shallow-water to deep-water ports to provide adequate draft to handle large vessels.Karnataka has three coastal districts, i.e., Uttara Kannada, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada. The State currently ranks 7th among all the States and Union Territories in NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goals - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.

Karnataka has one major port, New Mangalore Port (NMPT), and 12 non-major ports. The major port is located in Panambur, Mangalore, while the non-major ports are spread along the Karnataka coast.

Major Port:

New Mangalore Port (NMPT): This is the only major port in Karnataka and is an all-weather port.

Non-Major Ports:

Karwar: This is an all-weather port, the only one among the non-major ports.

Belekeri, Tadri, Pavinakurve, Honnavar, Manki, Bhatkal, Kundapur, Hangarkatta, Malpe, Padubidri, and Old Mangalore: These are the remaining non-major ports, operating as anchorage and lighterage ports, except for Old Mangalore which is also an all-weather port.

Roads

PWD is responsible for the maintenance & development of National Highways (NH), State Highways (SH) & Major District Roads (MDR). NHs are maintained & developed by NH- Zone with funds from Gok, NHAI & MORT & H

Length of each category of road under PWD is as given Below.

Metro

A joint venture of Government of India and Government of Karnataka, is a Special Purpose Vehicle entrusted with the responsibility of implementation and operation of Bangalore Metro Rail Project.

Bangalore Metro, christened as 'Namma Metro', not only adds to the beauty of Bangalore city skyline, but more importantly provides a safe, quick, reliable and comfortable public transport system. Besides this, Namma Metro is a major environment friendly addition to the Bangalore City as it significantly contributes to the reduction of carbon emissions.

Metro services have been in operation on 77 KM.

East-West corridor of 43.49 km commencing at Whitefield (Kadugodi) in the east and terminating at Challaghatta Terminal in the west.

North-South corridor of 33.5 km commencing at Madavara in the North and terminating at Silk Institute in the South.

This is the First Metro rail project in India commissioned with 750V DC Third Rail Traction on Standard Gauge.

Railways

Karnataka has a railway network with a total length of approximately 3,089 kilometres (1,919 mi). Until the creation of the South-Western Railway Zone headquartered at Hubballi in 2003, the railway network in the state was in the Southern Railway zone, South-Central Railway Zone and Western Railway zone. Several parts of the state now come under the South Western Railway zone with 3 Railway Divisions at Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli, with the remainder under the Southern Railway zone and Konkan Railway Zone, which is considered one of India's biggest railway projects of the century due to the difficult terrain. Bangalore and other cities in the state are well-connected with intrastate and inter-state destinations.

Airports