Dimapur, Nov. 17 (EMN): Informing that the Department of Power is making all out effort to restore power supply system back to normal in the shortest possible time, the State power minister C Kipili Sangtam has sought the cooperation all concerned for the inconveniences.
Stating this in a press release, Kipili Sangtam stated that the department had to resort to partial load shedding till such time an equivalent transformer is added to the existing system. While seeking the public support, the minister affirmed that the department is making all out effort to restore power supply system back to normal in the shortest possible time.
It may be mentioned here that one transformer in 132 KV Sub-Station at Nagarjan, Dimapur, was completely burnt in the afternoon of November 5 thereby affecting the entire power supply in Dimapur and its adjoining areas including Peren district. The adjacent 20MVA transformer was also partially damaged during the incident. Power supply to Peren district was subsequently restored the next day by feeding it from Kohima RE Sub-Station.
To further supplement the heavily deficit capacity, the Department of Power had approached the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) to assist the State of Nagaland by exploring the possibility of lending available transformer from the regional pool to which any positive response was awaited.
The minister stated that the Department is also exploring the possibility of making use of an old repaired transformer of different capacity to supplement the power supply to some extent. In the meantime, he stated that the Department of Power is pressing very hard with the earlier proposal to upgrade the existing transformer.
Stating that power supply would disrupted till such time a new transformer is installed, the minister has sought cooperation from all concerned.
