Goa power sector to get 1,000 crore to upgrade power network

Panaji, May 20: Aiming to ensure that its consumers receive uninterrupted power supply, Goa Electricity Department is set to transform, upgrade and strengthen its outdated infrastructure at an estimated cost of over Rs 1,000 crore in the next two years.

 

The project will kick off after elections get over. It aims at reducing the Transmission & Distribution (T&D) loss at 5 per cent against the present 18 per cent.

The power crisis that the State is reeling under is not because of shortage of power but due to outdated infrastructure, which has not been updated for nearly three-four decades now.

The department has already prepared a detailed project for infrastructure up gradation and the administrative approval for the same has been received.

The upgradation work will include replacement of old power conductors, transformers, and laying new underground and overhead cables and poles. We want to ensure that people of Goa get an uninterrupted power supply

The project will be taken up in a phased manner over two years, after which the State will have no power crisis. The upgradation will include replacement of conductors, transformers, new underground cables, overhead cables, poles, etc.