: Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain claimed on Friday that there would be no shortage of power supply in the city this summer as power distribution companies have arranged for more power than the expected peak demand this season.
Speaking at a function after inaugurating an underground transmission line of Delhi Transco Limited in North West Delhi, Mr. Jain said: “The power distribution companies have arranged for 6,500 MW power against the expected demand of 6,300 MW. There will not be any inconvenience to the public.”
The demand for power in Delhi has been increasing with every passing year. During the last summers, the demand for power reached 5,925MW on July 15, 2014. It is expected that the power demand may reach up to 6,300 MW this summer.
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During the last few years, a lot of development has taken place in North, North-West and West part of Delhi. The Delhi Development Authority has also come up with several new housing projects in these areas, leading to enormous increase in demand for power. To keep pace with the rising demand and fast development, Delhi Transco Limited has been planning and executing various transmission projects, officials said.
The transmission line inaugurated on Friday is an underground 220 KV line to connect newly established 220 KV station at Peeragarhi with the 400 KV substation at Tikri Kalan.
“In this double circuit transmission corridor, a 13 km long state-of-the-art XLPE cable has been laid. This line would be able to transmit 400 MW power. Presently, this line would provide feed from Tikri Kalan substation to Peeragarhi substation which can further be extended to Wazirpur 220KV substation,” an official said.
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Lauding the initiative for laying the underground transmission line, Mr. Jain said that the availability of open land in Delhi is shrinking. Therefore it is very difficult to erect new overhead transmission lines, he said.
“Besides, many people have constructed houses under electricity lines which pose great threat to the lives and properties of the general public. Therefore, it is the need of the hour to think over replacing the overhead lines with underground ones,” he said.
The power distribution companies have arranged for 6,500 MW power against the expected demand of 6,300 MW