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Cyclone Montha, which made a landfall southbound of Kakinada adjacent Narsapuram successful West Godavari territory connected the nighttime of October 28, caused wide powerfulness outages affected of 13.56 lakh energy work connections successful 11 operational circles (districts) of Visakhapatnam-headquartered Eastern Power Distribution Company of AP Limited (APEPDCL). As of Wednesday night, 96% of these connections were restored, said APEPDCL CMD I. Pridhvitej.
He said: “The institution suffered a nonaccomplishment of ₹10.47 crore owed to the cyclone. A full of 7,973 energy unit were organised into 523 teams and were engaged successful restoration works, adding that Konaseema, Kakinada and West Godavari districts were the worst affected districts.
The cyclone impacted 13 towns, 67 mandals, 1,234 villages, 255 33KV substations, 192 33KV feeders, 1226 LT energy poles and 17,700 cultivation work connections.
Speaking to The Hindu from Konaseema, Mr. Pridhvitej, who was progressive successful restoration works successful Konaseema said: “By Wednesday, we restored powerfulness to 13,02,948 work connections (96%) retired of a full of 13,56,415 work connections. A full of 16,822 cultivation work connections were restored retired of 17,700. We volition implicit the remaining works by Thursday. Our unit is engaged round-the-clock.”
Mr. Pridhvitej said that helium had informed the Chief Minister, who reviewed the restoration works with his unit successful Konaseema. and visited the Uppalaguptam, Inavolu and Amalapuram substations successful Amalapuram division.
“With the availability of the indispensable instrumentality similar generators, rod drilling machines, powerfulness cables, poles and transformers to each the conception offices successful beforehand on with personnel, the restoration enactment is progressing astatine a accelerated pace,” said Mr. Pridhvitej, assuring that the teams are moving unneurotic to implicit the powerfulness restoration enactment by Thursday.
