The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam(HVPN) have jointly made a comprehensive plan to strengthen the distribution and transmission network in Panipat further at a cost of Rs 550 crore. This will be implemented in a phased manner in the next four to five years. Giving details of the plan, a spokesman of Power Utilities said two 220 kv substations were being setup at Samalkha and Chhajpur and two 132 kv substations at Beholi Road and Kabri Road, Panipat would be commissioned during the current financial year to meet electricity requirement of more than one lakh consumers. The HVPN has also approved construction of a 220 kv substation at village Bijawa with an installed capacity of 2×100 mva and 220/132 kv transformers.
He said the construction work of 33 kv substation Jalalpur and Babarpur would be completed during this year. Power utilities have also planned to augment the existing capacity of eight 132 kv and 33 kv substations by installing higher capacity or additional transformers. In order to streamline the distribution system, it has been planned to add 20 distribution transformers of 200 kva, 300 distribution transformers of 100 kva and 300 distribution transformers of 63 kva in the system every year. This will help release of new electricity connections and minimize overloading on the system, he added. UHBVN also plans to bifurcate 20 feeders of 11 kv having a load of more than 200 amperes during this financial year to ensure better voltage regulations and to minimise interruptions.
