Power franchisee SNDL has undertaken a Rs 30 crore project to augment its power network so that the number of people affected by a breakdown reduces. The work is expected to be over in two months.
SNDL chief Sonal Khurana said that at present, the low tension (LT) cables that supplied power to consumers were quite long and if one of them developed a fault, a lot of consumers were affected. "We will reduce the length of these cables by laying new ones, thus bifurcating the network. Now, if the existing cable develops a fault, those supplied by the new one would not face a blackout," he explained.
SNDL will lay 69 km of LT cable and install 261 transformers on the new as well as existing supply cables. "This project will have another advantage. Many supply cables and transformers are overloaded and the consumers face low voltage problem. The incidence of breakdowns is also more. Reducing the number of consumers supplied by the existing cables and its transformers will reduce the load on them improving their performance," he said.
The company has already added two 10 MVA 33/11 KV voltage transformers in its substations at Vinkar Sutgirni and Kamptee Road. After Essel Utilities took over SNDL from Spanco in September 2012, it has invested Rs 80 crore on network upgrade. However, of the Rs 100 crore for 2013-14, works worth only Rs 22 crore have been completed. With only three months left, there is not much of a chance that this target would be met.
According to SNDL data, a total of 66,730 new service connections were provided after the franchisee took over. The number of connections in 2011-12 was about 24,400. Next year, the franchisee provided over 26,600 connections and this year it has provided around 15,700 connections so far.
If the monthwise distribution loss is considered, it has decreased significantly. The loss for June 2011 was 24.52%. In June 2012, it came down to 20.35%, and this June it reduced sharply to 10.41%. In October 2011, the loss was 30.55%, next October it came down to 27.58%, and this year it was 19.51%.
If the power data of the franchisee area is examined, you will find that input energy has not increased much. This shows that less energy is being wasted in power infrastructure and the same quantum of power is meeting the needs of the consumers.
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