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The caller floods person caused harm to the powerfulness infrastructure successful 3 districts of Kalyana Karnataka region, inflicting a nonaccomplishment of implicit ₹24.03 crore connected the Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company (Gescom).
Gescom Managing Director Krishna Bajpai speaking to The Hindu connected Friday told that according to the preliminary appraisal study of Kalaburagi, Yadgir, and Bidar districts, astir 7,775 electrical poles were damaged, 1,380 transformers (of 25KVA, 33 KVA and 100KVA) were submerged and astir 144 km of conductor and proviso lines collapsed owed to the floods.
The full harm was estimated to beryllium ₹23.4 crore, including ₹7.07 crore arsenic per NDRF terms and astir ₹16.32 crore arsenic per docket of rates with labour charges. The electrical poles worthy ₹7.46 crore were damaged, transformers nonaccomplishment was estimated to ₹15.27 crore and the conductors and lines worthy ₹31 lakhs were reportedly damaged successful 3 districts.
Kalaburagi
Of the full 7,775 electrical poles damaged successful 3 districts of Gescom jurisdiction, astir 3,733 electrical poles were damaged successful Kalaburagi territory alone. Of this 1,716 were replaced and 2,017 electrical poles were to beryllium replaced.
Of the 460 transformers damaged successful the Kalaburagi districts, simply 94 were successfully repaired and the remaining 366 transformers needed replacement. And conductors to a agelong of 26.5 km were repaired against the 32.32 km damaged; the Gescom would beryllium replacing the conductor for 5.82 km.
In the district, the highest fig of electrical poles were damaged successful the agrarian subdivision with 809, followed by 802 electrical poles successful Sedam division. The taluk-wise electrical poles damages are arsenic follows: Jewargi taluk 480 poles, Aland taluk 450 poles, 408 successful Chincholi taluk, Sedam taluk 394 poles, Kalagi 275 poles, and Afzalpur 249 poles.
Yadgir
Similarly, , successful Yadgir territory of the full 2,384 electrical poles damaged, 42 electrical poles were repaired, 852 were replaced and 1,490 electrical poles yet to beryllium replaced. Nearly 695 transformers were submerged successful h2o and damaged, of which 437 were repaired and 258 transformers request to beryllium replaced.
Taluk-wise damaged electrical poles arsenic follows: Yadgir taluk 898 poles, followed by Shahapur 627 poles, Gurmitkal 396 poles, Shorapur 233 poles, and Hunasagi taluk 230 poles.
Bidar
Gescom has expedited the repairs and replacement works of the powerfulness infrastructure successful Bidar territory which are damaged owed to caller floods. Providing the data, Mr. Bajpai said that astir 1,618 electrical poles were damaged successful Bidar district, of which 1,427 were already replaced and replacement of 191 poles was nether way.
Nearly 118 transformers were identified for the replacement against the full 225 damaged transformers, and 107 transformers were rectified and repaired.
While the conductor enactment for 111.58 km was damaged and 94 km had been replaced, Gescom would instal a caller conductor for 17.5 km, the serviceman added.
“The caller floods person caused unprecedented harm to the powerfulness network; transformers, poles and conductors were submerged oregon swept away. The Gescom officials and repair teams person been moving round-the-clock to reconstruct energy astatine captious substations and successful affected areas,” Mr. Bajpai said.
