Mangalore, Feb 12: Load shedding has already become a major problem for the citizens but the Mescom simply does not seem to be pondering on some immediate solution. This was evident as the Mescom MD S Sumanth talking about the same said that Mescom will reach state of surplus capacity in four to five years!
Speaking to media persons at the 'meet the press' interaction on Tuesday, the MD said that load shedding becomes inevitable when there is failure in any of the generators and lack of back up facilities. “In the next 4-5 years however, Mangalore Electricity Supply Cimpany (MESCOM) will reach a stage of surplus capacity after which the problem of backup is not likely to exist,” said S Sumanth.
“To feed electricity to Mangalore city, there are seven 33/11 KV sub-stations in Mangalore at present including four new sub-stations at Kadri, Kudroli, Nandigudde and Attavara. The other three are in Mannagudda, Kankanady and Maidan. Sub-stations for Bejai and Jeppu are also likely to come up in the future which will result in better distribution of electricity,” he said.
Mr. Sumanth said that as of now, 18 hours of power supply is being given to rural areas of which single phase power is provided for six hours.
Responding to the question on the duration of single phase power supply affecting farmers' irrigation activity, Mr. Sumanth said that MESCOM is trying its best to have equal distribution of power in all areas and appealed to the irrigation pump users to not use electricity for pumping during the single phase hours as it can help MESCOM to divert the electricity saved there to provide electricity to houses.
On the issue of redressing of grievances and contacting MESCOM during emergencies or power interruptions, Mr. Sumanth said that MESCOM sends cards to each of its customers every year which includes helpline number and contact numbers of concerned officials such as the Assistant Engineer, Executive Engineer and the like. People must use these contact numbers to get in touch with the company and register their grievances, he said.
Shedding light on the unauthorized IP Sets, Mr. Sumanth said that 21,693 unauthorized IP Sets have been registered for regularization. In the next 8-10 months, MESCOM will concentrate on creating infrastructure for this regularization process, he said.
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