Madikeri Rural Distribution Reorg

 Chamundeshwari  Electricity Distribution Company  is the Distribution Licensee for managing  KODAGU District with five Taluks managed by one O&M  Subdivision in each taluk.

  Madikeri Taluk comprises of Madikeri CMC with 35000 population attached with  67 villages spread over  four hoblis i)Madikeri ii) Sampaje iii) Bhagamandala iv) Napoklu with population of 1,20,000. Madikeri CMC area is catered power by Five urban & One water works feeders connected to  309 DTCs (21800 kva) and managed by One urban unit( AE) and the Villages of Madikeri Hobli on periphery of City with 272 distribution transformer centres of 11683 KVA is managed  by One Section OFFICER( JE).

 To facilitate smooth maintenance and to take care of future improvement works, proposals are being sent by AEE Madikeri for bifurcation of present O&M -2 and to form an new O&M-3 unit at Makkandur ( on Madikeri - Somwarpet Road) and redistribute work load and maintenance equally. CESC Distribution Engineers have been  requested to  consider   release of the loads of this O&M-2 rural loads  connected to lengthy feeders of Bhagamandala (F6)-39 tcs 1656 kva and Sampaje(F8) 45 tcs 1993 kva among the  neighbouring short lightly loaded feeders of Mekeri F3 and Galibeedu F11.  

Transfer of Madikeri O&M-2 rural loads to Galibeedu or Mekeri feeder  will provide relief to tail end consumers of Melchembu (SAMPAJE HOBLI)  and Talakaveri (BHAGAMANDLA HOBLI) presently fed over lengthy feeders of 60 + kms . Madikeri Taluk rural area is at present fed by Ten   feeders ( Ten) ,Five  from Madikeri and Five  from MURNAD. With commissioning of new 66/11 kv Substation at SAMPAJE and Bhagamandala, 10 more 11KV feeders will be added to KODAGU system to feed Madikeri Taluk rural areas.