New Delhi (PTI): Reliance Energy Ltd, an Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company, on Sunday said it has bagged two contracts worth about Rs 1200 crore for execution of 400 KV extra high voltage transmission system in the Western part of the country.

The company said the contracts were bagged by its Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) division.

The contracts were awarded by the two Independent Private Transmission Companies (IPTC), which are 100 per cent owned companies of Reliance Power Transmission Limited, REL said in a release.

The two contracts are for the two different projects -- Western Region System Strengthening Scheme (WRSSS) Project B, covering about 1000 km of 400 kV double circuit transmission lines in Maharashtra and WRSSS Project C spreading around 500 km in Gujarat, it added.

The company has also applied for obtaining two separate transmission license in this regard from Central Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Reliance Energy's EPC division undertakes engineering, design, construction and execution of industrial projects in various fields like generation, transmission and distribution, mainly focusing on the power sector to achieve and set new benchmarks in the field of the power sector.