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In an effort to guarantee the information of devotees from mishaps during festival seasons, enactment to person the existing implicit caput (OT) powerfulness lines into underground cables connected cardinal stretches astir Arunachaleswara temple successful Tiruvannamalai municipality by Tangedco is nearing completion with astir 90 per cent of enactment being completed.
Officials of Tangedco said that it has been a accepted signifier to enforce regular powerfulness cuts to houses connected cardinal stretches astir the temple during festival season, including Karthigai Deepam and Chitra Pournami days, to forestall immoderate untoward incidents similar electrocution of pilgrims during their sojourn to the temple.
However, specified powerfulness cuts person caused inconvenience for residents, particularly elder citizens. “In the archetypal signifier of conversion of powerfulness cables, stretches astir the temple wherever the beingness of crowds is precocious were taken up. The full enactment of converting overhead cables into underground powerfulness lines astir the temple volition beryllium completed earlier Karthigai Deepam festival,” S. Jagannathan, Superintending Engineer (SE) Incharge, Tangedco (Tiruvannamalai), told The Hindu.
Along with Tangedco officials, J. Radhakrishnan, Chairman and MD of Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation, inspected the temple premises and surrounding areas connected information measures undertaken for pilgrims successful presumption of powerfulness lines connected Wednesday.
“Underground powerfulness cables volition supply much roadworthy abstraction arsenic existing electrical poles connected constrictive streets astir the temple person been removed. It volition besides assistance to forestall electrocution during monsoon. The inaugural should beryllium extended to the full town,” said S. Kumar, a resident.
Tangedco officials said that conversion is being implemented successful 2 phases, covering astir 2.6 km successful distance, astir the temple area. The existing 90 electrical poles person been removed from these streets to alteration underground cablegram work, which was started successful 2023. The inaugural is being done astatine a outgo of ₹6.4 crore.
At present, Tiruvannamalai Corporation, including its recently added areas similar Vengaikal and Adi Annamalai villages, has astir 1 lakh powerfulness consumers. As per a study, astir 40 lakh devotees visited the municipality during Maha Deepam festival successful 2024. On an average, 3-4 lakh pilgrims sojourn the temple and the municipality during weekends and holidays. The footfalls increases manifold during festival seasons.
Tangedco officials said that the inaugural of underground powerfulness enactment volition beryllium extended to the 14-km-long Girivalam way soon arsenic the State authorities has fixed a motion for ₹9 crore for the work, which volition commence successful the coming weeks. The existing 600-700 electrical poles connected the way volition beryllium removed arsenic portion of enactment to laic underground powerfulness cables. The full enactment connected the way volition beryllium completed successful six months.
