4 months ago
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Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation (Tantransco) is each acceptable to implicit laying underground other precocious hostility (EHT) transmission cables successful the city.
The task is aimed astatine upgrading the substation astatine Mannarpuram, which transmits powerfulness to areas specified arsenic Cantonment, Central Bus Stand, Mannarpuram, T.V.S. Tollgate, Collector’s Office, and Senthanneerpuram.
Considering the expanding demand, according to sources, the powerfulness inferior decided to upgrade the substation from 33/11 kV to 110/11 kV. This volition alteration Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd. to summation the load proviso to consumers.
A sum of ₹26.71 crore was sanctioned to the project. Laying of underground cablegram and erection of EHT cables for 7 km from Sathanur substation to Mannarpuram substation were among the components of the project. Of the 7 km, the overhead EHT volition beryllium erected for 4.6 km from Sathanur. The remaining 2.4 km volition beryllium underground line.
F. Mary Magdalin Princy, Superintending Engineer, Tantransco, told The Hindu that the EHT underground powerfulness enactment enactment betwixt Mannarpuram and Edamalaipattipudur had been completed. The areas wherever underground EHT were laid were highly engaged roads. Instead of digging the crushed for laying the cables, road-crossing trenches were created by horizontal directional drilling. The enactment was completed without disturbing the traffic.
Ms. Princy said astir of the 16 EHT powerfulness towers betwixt K. Sathanur and Edamalaipattipudur were erected. The enactment was connected erecting 2 pending towers. Once the towers were erected, the cables would beryllium connected.
The underground EHT enactment was planned to beryllium carried via Mannarpuram roundabout. However, the alignment was changed taking into relationship of vehicular postulation density on the roundabout. The task would beryllium completed wrong six weeks. Once completed, the powerfulness load from the Mannarpuram substation could beryllium accrued 3 times from the existing level. It would payment consumers and trim interruption successful powerfulness supply, the authoritative added.
