Transformers edged out by road improvement project?
September 23, 2009
Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) and the Kerala Road Fund Board, which implements the City Road Improvement Project (CRIP) are having ‘clash of wills’ in finding locations for transformers. Is it that difficult to install transformers? Many transformers have been relocated far from the load centres and so they do not have the desired impact. An Executive Engineer of the board says the transformers at Panavila and opposite the Government Medical College Hospital are examples of how city planners want power supply without giving land for these devices.
The board is planning to install 68 transformers in the city this year. Now, the problem they are facing is the acquisition of land. If the board does not get land in a suitable location, the installation of more transformers alone will not provide the desired impact on the power supply situation. Around forty percent of the planned installations have been done. More than 30 sites in the city have been acquired for relocating KSEB transformers. Why can’t the KSEB find land? Its not that easy. As a matter of fact, roads are not places where anybody can install anything and get away with it. But there exists a provision for the board to acquire land for essential purposes. Even the load centers can be shifted, for all this to happen; the board should start thinking out of the box.
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