Underground Power cables laying work in Coimbatore

Q: Hello, I keep seeing this underground work everyday where they are laying power cables. When is this going to be completed?

sathiya seelan, Coimbatore

24th February 2015

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You know I always felt that electric poles and transformers took over a lot of space which would in turn cause a lot of traffic. But now that this has happened the trafffic situation will be eased dowan a fair bit and roads will be a lot more spacious.

Mohana Vijay, Coimbatore

27th February 2015

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Hey, I live around one of the areas where these works are going on. The corporation was very particular about informing us several days ahead of schedule about the work happening so that people won't be hindered by this work.

Dale Matthews, Coimbatore

27th February 2015

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I was keen about this and asked the concerned official about why this was being done. He said that the conversion of over head lines to under gorund ones actually reduces the line faults that can sometimes taken a long time to be repaired.

Subhash Naidu, Coimbatore

26th February 2015

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A few bit more about what I found out. The R-APDRP project was taken up a cost of about Rs. 300 crores in the coimbatore and it includes setting up of RMU (Ring Main Unit) panels across the city and the cables connecting these will also be underground.

Akshat Rai, Coimbatore

26th February 2015

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About the low tension wires here. It is expected to cover over 150 km, which will be converted to underground cables. This is also expected to be completed in the residential areas as they are the main areas where this is needed.

Kirthana Sundar, Coimbatore

26th February 2015

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Work being done here is pretty extensive. I went to ask an engineer to ask about it. He said that these underground cable works included new cables and conversion of overhead lines to underground cables. This will incerase the overall performance of the lines.

Thiru Chandrashekar, Coimbatore

25th February 2015

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So here's what's happening right now. High Tension lines are being laid for about 10 kilo metres and about 94 kilo metres of over head lines are being converted into underground cables. This will actually curb the voltage problems that is expaected to happen a lot.

Ranjan Mohan, Coimbatore

25th February 2015

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This project will be covering some major areas of Coimbatore. Several types of wires like low tension and high tension, lines would go underground in areas such as RS Puram, Ramanathapuram, Gandhipuram and Krishnasamy Nagar among others so that there is no need for on road poles.

Chetan Reddy, Coimbatore

25th February 2015

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Hello. Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme was where this project came under. It was expected to be completed by the March of this year but due to some glitches it will be taking 2-3 more than anticipated.

Rajeev Srinivasan, Coimbatore

24th February 2015

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HI, Mr. Sathya. The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) is laying power cables in several areas of Coimbatore. This was started two years and is soon nearing completion which will be completed by this year. The probabable date is within the June of this year.

Chandresh Subramanian, Coimbatore

24th February 2015

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