Delhi Transco Limited (DTL) has asked people not to fly kites near electrical installations and high tension lines in the national interest, saying the practice is causing trippings and outages across the national capital.
DTL is working round the clock to ensure uninterrupted power supply in the city but during the last two days a few tripping in the transmission lines witnessed after it came in contact with a metal coated manjha in east Delhi areas such as Geeta Colony and Patparganj. Since it takes a long time in physically locating the entangled kite and removing it, therefore it may take time in restoration of power supply, it said in a statement.
“It took around one hour in restoring the line in Geeta Colony that affected around 20 MW load. While, a total load of 86 MW was also affected in Patparganj. Though the power supply was restored within 20 minutes by transferring the load to the other circuits and transformers, however it took around one hour in restoration of affected lines,” it added.
The DTL further said that electricity is an essencial service and any disturbance in the transmission network may result in power cut for a long duration.
Besides, the continuity and operations of other major essential services (such as water supply, hospitals, milk plants etc) also depends upon uninterrupted power supply,” it added.
