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Chescorp to overhaul power supply system soon

Staff Correspondent

It will replace bare overhead electricity cables with insulated aerial bunched cables

MODERNISATION: Transformers installed in a residential layout in Mysore for laying aerial bunched insulated cables. — PHOTO: M.A. Sriram

MYSORE: The Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (Chescorp) will soon overhaul the power supply system in Mysore by replacing the bare overhead electricity cables with insulated aerial bunched cables.

Disclosing this to presspersons here on Wednesday, Chescorp Managing Director Vijaynarasimha said insulated aerial bunched cables would not only bring down interruptions in power supply, but also check power theft, leading to efficient utilisation of power.

A project report was being prepared and the project would be implemented this year. "It is a huge project and the work will be executed in phases," he said.

The cost of the project has been estimated at Rs. 200 crore. Aerial bunched cable had a very high degree of safety and reliability due to insulation of conductors with a dielectric medium. "This ensures good protection against ground and line faults, which lead to interruptions and inconvenience to consumers. Tampering with power-line like hooking also gets eliminated and checks power theft," he said.

Chescorp was busy with rural electrification projects. "But now will be focussing on overhauling the power supply system in Mysore city," Mr. Vijaynarasimha said.

Along with the replacement of bare overhead electricity cables with aerial bunched insulated cables, Chescorp would also introduce a new switching system that enabled early detection of faults. "In case of a trip, an alarm will go off in the control room facilitating our personnel to identify the problem and attend to it in quick time," he said.

Mr. Vijaynarasimha said Chescorp would have to take a "crucial" decision on upgrading the transmissions lines from the existing 11 kV to 33 kV in view of the rise in demand for electricity.

"Many apartments require more than 11 kV power," he added. The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) had made introduction of aerial bunched insulated cables mandatory in new residential layouts coming up in the city and on its outskirts, he said.

However, the introduction of aerial bunched insulated cables has not gone down well with many developers in Mysore, including MUDA, on account of higher costs.

Relief

The MUDA has apparently sought relief stating that development costs will go up forcing it to recover the additional money from site owners.

But Mr. Vijaynarasimha claimed that the decision had been taken by the KERC and the Chescorp could do little about it.

Private developers too have been forced to use aerial bunched insulated cables.

Many such developers, who have sold their sites without foreseeing the additional expenditure arising on account of aerial bunched insulated cables, are finding it difficult to recover the cost from site owners.

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