High voltage distribution system to ensure uninterrupted power supply
Ravinder Saini

Jhajjar, February 12
In order to curb electricity theft and to ensure uninterrupted power with better voltage to the consumers, a high voltage distribution system (HVDS) is being set up by the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) in the villages and urban localities of this district.

Under the system, distribution transformers having capacity of 16, 25 and 63 KVA would be installed on the 11-feet-long electricity polls to further minimise the length of the LT lines.

Besides, separate power meters of yellow and blue colours would also be placed on the polls by the private contractors and the power nigam respectively so as to prevent the power theft.

Executive engineer of the UHBVN Rajender Mor said Noona Majra village in the district was selected for the pilot project to check the efficiency of the system.

The private contractors in the village have been installing power transformers of yellow colours on the electricity polls.

Four connections per poll according to the capacity have been provided and power cables are being connected with the houses directly from the system, he added.

Deputy Commissioner Nitin Yadav said the technology would help improve the distribution system and quality of supply and minimise aggregate technical and commercial losses as well as electrical accidents.

It may be recalled here that the state government had approved an ambitious plan for the UHBVN and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam under which 1,900 lengthier and overloaded 11 KV feeders supplying power to urban and mixed urban areas would be bifurcated. The HVDS would be created in 4,990 villages of the state at a cost of Rs 864.15 crore.