3 weeks ago
1
Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister and Bidar territory in-charge Eshwar B. Khandre connected Saturday said that powerfulness infrastructure projects worthy astir ₹1,100 crore are being implemented successful the territory to fortify energy proviso and enactment broad improvement and vigor self-reliance.
He was speaking aft laying the instauration chromatic for a 110/11 kV powerfulness substation astatine Goranalli-B (Chitta) colony successful Bidar taluk.
The programme was organised by Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL).
Mr. Khandre said that the large-scale powerfulness corridor task includes the constitution of a 440 kV presumption astatine a outgo of ₹700 crore, a 220 kV presumption worthy ₹150 crore and 16 caller powerfulness organisation substations astatine an estimated outgo of ₹22 crore.
He said that each these projects are expected to beryllium completed wrong a year. They volition importantly trim load-shedding and tripping problems successful the district.
The Minister said that the projects volition supply a imperishable solution to predominant powerfulness disruptions and transformer burnouts faced by farmers successful the predominantly agriculture-based district.
Improved prime powerfulness proviso volition guarantee uninterrupted energy for agriculture and concern sectors, helium added.
Mr. Khandre expressed the assurance that the projected corridor volition besides facilitate proviso of surplus powerfulness generated successful the portion to neighbouring areas, including Kalaburagi, Hyderabad and Goa.
Emphasising the value of vigor self-reliance, helium urged farmers to instrumentality up renewable vigor procreation to trim dependence connected imported fuel.
Farmers tin make astir 1 megawatt of star oregon upwind powerfulness connected 3 oregon 4 acres of land, usage escaped energy for pumpsets and merchantability surplus powerfulness to the authorities to amended their economical condition, helium said.
Bidar South MLA Shailendra Beldale said that the caller powerfulness substation astatine Goranalli colony volition assistance resoluteness long-pending method issues and voltage fluctuations successful the district.
He said that the substation volition conscionable the increasing energy request successful rapidly processing localities and adjacent villages, including Shahapur, Malakapur and Sultanpur.
Mr. Beldale said that the task has been launched aft overcoming ineligible hurdles related to acquisition of 34 acres of onshore and urged contractors and engineers to implicit the enactment wrong the stipulated timeframe portion maintaining prime standards.
KPTCL Chief Engineer (Transmission Zone, Kalaburagi) Ramaswamy M.L., Superintending Engineer Ramachandra S.G., GESCOM Chief Engineer Venkatesh Halavi, Executive Engineer Shashirekha Patil, Executive Engineer Ramesh Patil, Superintending Engineer Renuka T.J., Assistant Executive Engineer Prabhu Reddy, Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) Dayanand and GESCOM Superintending Engineer Veerabhadrappa Salimani, officials, unit and villagers were present.
