If one have a belief in the State power department then those who are living in the suburban areas of the capital city will not face the brunt of power outage.
Department officials informed that problems of over loading has been overcome by the department with the start of recently constructed sub station at Jhajra in Dehradun. Department officials also told that the Dehradun, Rishikesh and rural areas of Garhwal, Haridwar and Selaqui based industrial areas would be benefited with the start of the sub station.
Besides, the problem of low voltage and over loading would also be curtailed with the functioning of sub station in the region.Department sources revealed that it has been working round the clock for constructing tower of 220 KV Khudri-Rishikesh line for 220 KV Jhajra sub-station.
Well established sources revealed that the department has also installed 160 MVA transformer on 220 KV sub-station at Rishikesh in order to overcome the problem of over loading in the region.
Besides, the problem of overloading would also be reduced on 132 KV Rishikesh-Majra line and on 100 MVA transformer at Khodri power house.
After confirming that the department has been working intensely for providing round the clock electricity to urban and rural consumers, UPCl Managing Director, SS Yadav said that problem of overloading in the sub-urban areas of Dehradun district and adjoining areas would be reduced with the functioning of sub station.
He said that strict departmental instructions are already given to the engineers to complete all the beneficiary projects in the given time frame in order to enhance power distribution facilities in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand.
Yadav told that couple of plans is in the pipeline for enhancing electricity distribution system in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand. He told that the department has already drafted the plan for increasing the capacity of those transformers where the strength of the consumers has increased in the last couple of years in order to provide correct voltage and disruption free electricity to the consumers.
According to him, the department has been regularly procuring electricity in order to bridge the gap between the demand and supply of electricity in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand.
Yadav also assured that the department is restored to the minimum power outage and power cut is being followed only during emergencies or breakdown of lines during inclement weather.