EPDCL suffered 1.78 crore injury; energy restoration on war-footing foundation, says CMD

Power provide which was badly hit as a result of heavy rains and robust winds below the affect of melancholy on October 2, was restored on a war-footing foundation, mentioned APEPDCL Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Prithvitej Imadi.

He mentioned that within the limits of Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL), masking Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, Parvathipuram Manyam, and ASR Paderu districts, the injury has been estimated at round ₹1.78 crore (Visakhapatnam – ₹10.98 lakh, Vizianagaram – ₹36.33 lakh, Srikakulam – ₹91.64 lakh, Parvathipuram Manyam – ₹7.90 lakh, ASR Paderu – ₹14.72 lakh).

Areas worst affected embrace Seethammadhara, Marripalem, Sagar Nagar in Visakhapatnam; Mentada, Nellimarla, Pusapatirega, Dattirajeru, Merakamudidam in Vizianagaram; Palakonda, Balijipeta, Komarada, Narasipuram, Seetampeta, Bamini, Salur in Parvathipuram Manyam; Santabommali, Nandigam, Palasa, Patapatnam, Kaviti in Srikakulam; Tyada, Garugubilli, Pedabayalu, Munchingiputtu in ASR district; and Gavarapalem, Munagapaka, Golugonda, Okay.D. Peta, Purushottapuram, Pedapalli, Yelamanchili in Anakapalli district.

Across the six circles, 33 mandals and 314 villages with 1,84,328 service connections and a couple of,126 agricultural connections confronted energy outages. Fallen poles, snapped wires, and broken transformers had been repaired on precedence by officers and employees, he mentioned.

“About 1,700 staff, organised into 170 groups have been working around the clock on restoration works,” he added. Among substations, 14 in Visakhapatnam and 43 in Vizianagaram (33/11 kV) had been broken however have now been absolutely restored, he mentioned.

The CMD additionally mentioned that out of 33 affected mandals, energy has already been restored in 25, whereas works have been on tempo at Gantyada, Nellimerla, Komarada, Seethampeta, Palakonda and some different mandals.