Press Release
1st time
since 1967, Sainik Farms gets ‘legal’ and
‘affordable’ power
- BSES has started
rolling out its distribution network in Sainik
Farm areas
- Over Rs 22 crore is the total cost of electrification of Sainik Farms areas
- Includes deploying state-of-the-art LVDS network
and installing 60 transformers
- Over 85 kms of
insulated LTAB cables - equivalent to the combined length of
- 7 Distribution Transformers gone live - providing electricity to parts of
- Areas including Cariappa
Marg, Defense Services Enclave, Forest Lane, Neb
Sarai Extension, among others to be electrified
over the next few months
- Sainik Farms getting ‘legal’, ‘affordable’ and ‘safe’ power for the first time
since its inception in 1967
- Over 20,000 residents are currently paying over Rs 15 per unit to private contractors for diesel generated
power
Sainik Farms, one of
the poshest and also one of the last remaining
un-electrified bastions in Delhi will soon start getting ‘legal’ and
‘affordable’ electricity. Infact, parts of Sainik Farms have already been electrified and have started
getting electricity. After getting a green signal from the Delhi Electricity
Regulatory Commission (DERC), BSES has started laying its network in Sainik Farms areas including
“This
is a historic step in Sainik Farms’ over 40 year’s
existence. This is the first time since Sainik Farm’s
inception in 1967, that the residents will get ‘legal’, ‘affordable’ and ‘safe’
electricity. They will also get freedom from air and noise pollution – that
comes with diesel generated power – as is the case now. Till now the residents
of the area were at the mercy of private power contractors using diesel
generators and charging exorbitant charges upwards of Rs
15 per unit of electricity. Now with electrification of the area, their power
woes will soon come to an end.”, said Shri Arun Kanchan,
CEO, BSES.
BSES has drawn up an ambitious Rs 22 crore plan to electrify Sainik Farms, spread over an area of over 400 acres and
having a population of over 20,000. The area is being electrified using the
state-of-the-art Low Voltage Distribution System (LVDS) technology, using fully insulated Aerial Bunched Cables (LTAB). These
cables besides providing quality and stable power to residents will also make
it extremely difficult to steal power by hooking from the nearby BSES LV Mains.
Other advantages of this technology include steep reduction in local faults,
much improved voltage at the consumers end and low maintenance. “To electrify
the Sainik Farm areas, BSES is in the process of
laying over 85 kms of insulated LTAB cable. This is
equivalent to the combined length of
In
addition to LVDS, electrification of the Sainik Farms
area also includes installation of around 60 transformers. Of these, 7 transformers have already been installed
in
“BSES
is working very closely with the local Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) to
identify land where transformers and other equipment is being / will be
erected. This is to ensure that the electrification of the area can be
completed without any hitch and in a time bound manner”, added Shri Kanchan.
According
to a BSES spokesperson, “Electrification of Sainik
Farm areas, besides giving the over 20,000 residents of the area access to
stable, legal and affordable electricity, will also substantially address the
issue of power theft in the area. In the absence of legal electricity, many
residents, in order to save the exorbitant rates for ‘contractor generated’
power, were resorting to power theft by hooking from the nearby BSES LV Mains.
Till date, BSES enforcement teams have detected nearly 5000 KW and booked over
300 persons for power theft in the Sainik Farms
area”.
BSES, Delhi’s premier power distribution company, is committed to
ensuring quality and reliable electricity supply to all its consumers.
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