Chief Minister TR Zeliang commissions 66 KV transmission line to Peren dist
Kohima, September 2 (MExN): Electricity is generated, purchased, transmitted and distributed at great cost and what is consumed, needs to be paid for.
Nagaland State Chief Minister TR Zeliang said this today while speaking as Chief Guest at the Commissioning Program of a 66 KV transmission line from Ganeshnagar to Jalukie in Peren district. With a 5 MVA, 33/11 Sub-station at Jalukie, the transmission line is 35.8 km long.
“In the last financial year, against a power purchase cost of Rs. 281.97 Crore, Power Department could recover only Rs. 116.42 Crore burdening the State with a huge revenue gap of Rs. 165.55 Crore,” the CM said, according to a press release about the program from the CMO.
“Our people have a common tendency of taking availability of electricity and its usage for granted. Electricity is generated, purchased, transmitted and distributed at great cost and thus what is consumed needs to be paid for,” he noted.
He appealed to people to “judiciously utilize power supply and avoid power theft as responsible consumers.”
Red letter day
Expressing gratitude to the Ministry of DoNER for funding the Project and the State Power Department for successfully implementing it, the Chief Minister said that the up-gradation from 33 KV to 66 KV line will boost the economy and facilitate the growth of industries and commerce in Peren District.
“Today is a red letter day for the people of Peren district which marks the fulfillment of a long cherished dream of the people,” he said.
Peren became a full-fledged district in February 2004. “There are still several villages in the State that do not have power connectivity but Peren district has attained 100% achievement in Rural Electrification,” he announced.
He informed that the electrification of 17 new villages covering 396 rural households under the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DUGJY) were completed last month in Beisumpuilwo, Jalukie Rongkaidai, Khelma, New Soget, Sailem, Beisumpuiram, Tening Namsan, Poilwa Namci, Lilen-B, Songngou, Old Soget, Gobibung, New Chamcha, Beisumlo, Lower Sinjol, Old Nkio and Bamsiakilo. “Now there is wide scope for mechanization of farming and other agricultural activities in the district,” encouraged TR Zeliang.
Also highlighting the importance of technology in checking corrupt practices and theft in the power sector, the Chief Minister said that the power department has “adopted measures to increase the number of Payment Counters and has also started setting up Online Payment facilities which will be taken up in a phased manner.”
To facilitate ‘Right of Way’ for electricity line and sub-station line over land and forest, Zeliang appealed to citizens “not only to inculcate the habit of prompt and full payment of electricity bills but also to come forward and provide required assistance such as ‘Right of Way’ wherever activities by Power Department were being taken up.”
New line in Peren dist after 35 yrs
Power supply to Peren district has been fed through a 33 KV line originating from Nagarjan sub-station, passing through Chumukedima, Medziphema and Jalukie. This line is more than 35 years old and passes through jungles, prone to frequent line fault besides snapping of conductors. Due to this, power supply has been unstable leading to public resentment and has affected socio-economic development.
The new project was recommended by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) on April 10, 2007, as per information provided by the CMO. Subsequently, the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) sanctioned an amount of Rs. 2178.44 Lakh against a DPR cost of Rs. 2548.00 Lakh.
Work Order for the project was awarded to M/s Makpower Engineers, Kolkata on March 16, 2010. Work on the transmission line was slow initially due to ‘Right of Way’ issues, stated the CMO, compelling change of route in some locations, compounded by short working season and bad roads.
Construction of the sub-stations was also delayed due to change of sub-station site of both the Jalukie and Peren sub-stations. The work was therefore reassessed to incorporate the required changes as per site conditions amounting to a total of Rs. 2541.44 Lakh.
It consists of the following components:
a. Construction of 66 kV transmission line of 35.8 Km amounting to Rs 1578.58 Lakh. This will be initially operated at 33 kV as per CEA recommendation.
b. Construction of 5MVA, 33/11KV S/S at Jalukie with control room amounting to Rs. 501.12 Lakh. c. Construction of 5MVA, 33/11 KvS/S at Peren with control room, amounting to Rs. 461.74 Lakh.
Chief Minister TR Zeliang has now commissioned the first two parts while the remaining portion of the transmission from Jalukie to Peren and the sub-station in Peren are under implementation, scheduled to be commissioned by December 2017.
