Massive and proper arrangements made for power cut free Durga Puja, Power Minister

In order to ensure power-cut free festival of Durga Puja across Tripura, the Power department and the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) has made elaborate arrangements to illuminate the state till Laxmi Puja and Diwali festival.

Power Minister Ratan Lal Nath after a high-level review meeting at the headquarters of TSECL in Agartala on Thursday along all top officials of the power corporation to ensure zero-disturbance power supply during Puja days, Nath said that the department and TSECL has taken elaborate arrangements for seamless power supply and department has also made arrangement to supply power by considering peak hour demand.

He said that during previous Durga Puja festivals, highest demand of power always rise and department has elaborate arrangements for proper power supply across the stat

He said that TSECL employees are working round the clock to ensure hassle free power supply during puja days. Even TSECL will stop all kinds of leaves for its employees to maintain services at par with requirements.

Nath said that all measures including adequate stock of transformers have been kept ready in many places.

Nath added that he has attended meetings with all concerned officials to ensure zero disturbance of power supply during puja days and authorities will also attend separate meetings with clubs and organizations.

Till date, the TSECL have provided about 3000 temporary connections to community Puja organizers and it will also rise in coming days, said Nath and added that a state level control room has been opened at the headquarters of TSECL in Agartala. Similarly, control rooms have also started functioning in all subdivisions of the state for better coordination to tackle any kind of emergency situation.

He also said that the department now has adequate staff and cars to maintain power supply round the clock during festival days and for extra support, the department has also hired an agency.

He appealed to all community puja organizers to maintain their load bearing capacity and should inform the TSECL authorities over the load capacity properly for seamless power supply. Nath also urges the big community puja organizers to make arrangements of emergency generators inside their community puja to deal with any sudden power breakdown.

Apart from these, the department has also made arrangements of additional manpower for all subdivisions and all sub-stations and all kind leave for the staff from top to bottom will be cancelled from the day of ‘Mahalaya’, said Nath and added Power department will also make arrangements during immersion of Goddess and urged the clubs to inform their route of immersion in advance to TSECL authorities.

Keeping in view the ongoing preparations of community puja organizers and heavy shopping in and around the Agartala city, the capital city along with other parts of the state have already converted into load shedding free zones.

Nath added that the necessary maintenance of transmission lines have already been completed for uninterrupted power supply during puja days.