APTransco has directed Discoms to fully gear up to face any eventuality in view of expected gales and winds, especially in the coastal areas as the monsoon is all set to hit the State within a few days and issued instructions to take up all the precautionary measures to avoid electrical mishaps.
APTransco CMD Hiralal Samariya, who reviewed the general power supply position and safety measures, has reiterated that the field officers should to take all precautionary measures and stressed the need to reinforce pre-monsoon maintenance such as, ensuring of proper earthing in substations and near Distribution Transformers; trimming of tree branches near the power lines; restringing of loose lines, erection of intermediate poles; provision of stay wires wherever required; providing stud poles for support and replacement of damaged poles and so on.
Samariya has further stated that prevention of electrical accidents is the top priority and directed Discoms to deploy special teams for educating consumers especially farmers to safeguard themselves from possible electrical hazards for ensuring proper service wire connections from the Distribution Transformers to the agricultural pump sets as generally more number of electrical accidents take place during monsoon.
He also asked Discoms to carry out pole to pole inspections vigorously to check the condition of poles, insulators, availability of spacers, to remove the foreign materials on the lines and to keep the Centralized Breakdown gangs ready with necessary tools and material to take up the restoration works in case of any eventualities such as falling of poles, snapping of conductors, damage to the transformers etc. The material such as transformers, poles, conductor, insulators and so on should be kept ready as spares in all subdivisions to maintain uninterrupted power supply to the maximum extent possible.
The CMD appealed to the general public to cooperate with the local officials in continuing the maintenance works which are in full swing and requested to inform local power officials if any loose lines, damaged poles, sparks observed on line contacts so that necessary action will be taken to rectify them. (NSS)