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Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation (Tantransco) has begun laying of underground other precocious hostility (EHT) transmission cables successful the metropolis for upgrading the substation astatine Mannarpuram.
Areas specified arsenic Cantonment, Central Bus Stand, Mannarpuram, T.V.S. Tolgate, Collector Office, Senthanneerpuram and others get powerfulness proviso from the Mannarpuram substation. Considering the expanding powerfulness request from the nationalist utilities, households and commercialized connections, according to sources, the State owned corp plans to upgrade the substation from 33/11 KV 110/11 KV. It is aimed astatine expanding the load proviso to the consumers.
A sum of ₹26.71 crore has been sanctioned to the project. Laying of underground cablegram is the cardinal constituent of it. As per the plan, EHT cables volition beryllium erected from Sathanur substation to Mannarpuram substation for 7 km. Of it, the overhead EHT volition beryllium erected for 4.6 km from Sathanur. The remaining 2.4 km volition beryllium covered by the underground powerfulness transmission cables. It volition beryllium laid on the engaged highways from Mannarpuram to Edamalaipattipudur.
Mary Magdalin Princy, Superintending Engineer, Tantransco, told The Hindu that the EHT underground powerfulness enactment would person 7 cables. Areas wherever underground EHT were proposed, were highly engaged roads with hundreds of vehicles playing time and night. The crushed had to beryllium dug for laying the cables. However, it had been decided not to chopped the engaged roads. Instead, roads crossing trench were being done by horizontal directional drilling without disturbing the postulation for the archetypal clip successful Tiruchi. A squad of highly skilled workers had been engaged successful the work.
Erection of 16 EHT powerfulness towers was among the components of the plan. They would chiefly beryllium erected from K. Sathanur to Edamalaipattipudur. Most of the towers were erected, Ms. Princy added.
With the upgradation of the substation, the powerfulness load could beryllium accrued 3 times from the existing load. It would payment consumers and trim interruption successful powerfulness supply, she said.
