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Vadakara ‘Vydyuti Bhavan' inaugurated

Kozhikode: Electricity Minister A.K. Balan inaugurated the newly constructed Vydyuti Bhavan at Vadakara on Monday.

The Minister also laid the foundation stone for the Inspection Bungalow and inaugurated the work for the total electrification of the Vadakara Assembly constituency.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Balan said the State had become a model for the country by retaining the Kerala State Electricity Board in public domain when electricity boards in other States had been either handed over to private firms or converted to companies.

“Now there has been a positive change in the attitude of the employees. Further, the services of the board will be made available to consumers via Internet shortly,” the Minister said.

He said the Left Democratic Front government had implemented development projects worth Rs.35 crore in the Vadakara Assembly constituency in the past four years. Nearly Rs.500 crore of development activities had been carried out in the district.

As many as 1,216 transformers, a divisional office, a sub station office, 18 sections, seven sub stations had been established in the district. The power distribution had also improved considerably, Mr. Balan said.

The Vydyuti Bhavan complex, constructed at a cost of Rs.1.67 crore, is located near the 110-kV substation. The complex has been aimed at bringing all the electricity offices in the Vadakara region under one roof. The total area of the three-storey Vydyuti Bhavan is 1,513 sq m. It also has a basement.

Till now the offices of the electrical circle, sub regional store, regional audit office, electrical sub division, electrical division, meter testing, transformer repairing unit, electrical section Vadakara north, transmission division and sub station sub division functioned at a rented building.

KSEB officials said there was a proposal to construct two more floors. Two suites and four rooms each having 450 sq m have been planned for the proposed two-storey Inspection Bungalow. The estimated cost of the project is Rs.67 lakh.

M.L. Premnath, MLA, presided over the function. KSEB Deputy Chief Engineer (Civil Construction) Philip Zacharia presented a report. Vadakara municipal chairman T.P. Chandran, Azhiyoor grama panchayat president P. Sreedharan, and Choorodu grama panchayat president K.S. Premakumari spoke.

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