Hyderabad: With rainwater flowing into cellars leading to power failures and even electrocution in residential apartments and commercial complexes, the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) has asked the apartment associations to shift their meter panel boards from the cellars to the first floor to avoid power breakdowns.
In the recent past, at least four persons have died while trying to switch on power or start motors to flush out water from the cellars.
TSSPDCL chairman and managing director G Raghuma Reddy said if the associations come forward for shifting of the meters, the discom would shift them without collecting any charges.
“The TSSPDCL is making an appeal to new apartment builders to allot some space (minimum 10×10) on the first floor for fixing the electricity panel boards and power-related equipment to avoid breakdowns and electrical accidents during rain. TSSPDCL is also suggesting to GHMC to take note of this proposal,”
Raghuma Reddy told TOI.
He said the discom suffered about Rs 2 crore loss in the floods. Of the 1.17 lakh distribution transformers in the GHMC area, 1,170 were damaged.
“Only 89 transformers out of 1,170 were not charged,” he said. While 32 transformers belong to apartments, 57 were public transformers. He said 22 transformers have failed or need to be replaced. He also said as many as 1,295 electric poles were damaged and 37 poles are yet to be replaced.
