MONSOON PREPARATIONS in KODAGU

 

1. Kodagu District located in western Ghats suffered major casualties and heavy rains for three consecutive years from 2018 to 2020.. Roads including National/ State & IVC were heavily damaged. HT & LT distribution were extensively damaged in Kodagu majority in Madikeri Taluk and areas of Pushpagiri belt around Hatti, Haleri, Kandanakolli areas.of backwater spread of River Harangi. Unprecedented maximum rains continuously for successive three days caused heavy damages. 

2. Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company managed the breakdown well in 2018 & 2019 restoring power supply to majority  areas within three days and to other remote areas within 15 days deputing staff with men power and vehicles from neighbouring Divisions.

3. This year weather experts are expecting early rains. Cyclone is noticed in ODISHA belt on BAY OF BENGAL. CHESCOM has made arrangements to provide storm gang manpower of skilled persons with vehicles to Hilly regions.

4. Kodagu suffered few  major power shutdowns recently due to Tower crown tilt of 220 KV DC tower near HUNSUR limits. and Bird fault near Mathigodu Elephant camp in Thithimathi Rajiv Gandhi Project Tiger Area. Few villages of Madikeri Hobli suffered around 26 hours of power shutdown due to multiple line faults in HT distribution. Few DTC's in the AREKADU Coffee plantation  area continue to be in the dark for the second day also.

5. AEE MADIKERI SUBDIVISION has been requested to arrange for deputing breakdown gangs with vehicle manpower with required tools from subdivision headquarters to AREKADU Plantation areas for clearance of faults in multiple locations. . It is noticed that wire snapping is frequent in this belt. The group operating switches , HG fuses and suspected faulty insulators need replacements. Intensive inspection of HT & LT lines are required to check for excessive sags and leaning poles due to stay sets yielding at the time trees falling in Coffee estates. 

6. Power is arranged to Hoskeri Mysuru Thota & neighbouring Tcs at 7.15 PM by stringing the snapped conductor.  Section Officer Murnad has been on call duty round the clock since 2.45 PM yesterday. He was managing the power breakdown in two major feeders of HODDUR & MARAGODU simultaneously. AEE MADIKERI was monitoring the power restoration.

7.  AREKADU Village is the tail end of the present feeder from MURNAD station. HT Distribution of  feeders from Suntikoppa substation & Siddapura station is said to be nearer on SH-89  Chettalli area & On GUHYA areas.   

           With regards, Kilar B Rathan Babu,

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