Team Goemkarponn
MARGAO: The Electricity Department has scheduled a shutdown to replace the current ACSR with ACCC HTLS “Drake” conductor on the 220 KV PXR line at tapping points TL 220 to TL 225 & T1 220 to TL 01, which will leave major areas of South Goa without power from 7 am to 5 pm on December 15.
According to Superintending Engineer Rajeev Samant, the 220 KV circuits Le 220 KV Ponda-Xeldem and 220 KV API Ambewadi feeding the 220/110/33/11 KV Xeldem sub station must be shut down.
Therefore, he stated that on December 15, from 7 am to 5 pm, the 220/110/33/11KV Xeldem sub station, 220/33KV Cancolim sub station, and their related 33KV S/S, 220KV, 110KV, and 33KV lines will be shut down.
The entire talukas of Canacona, Sanguem, and Quepem, as well as a portion of Salcete (Cuncolim, Cuncolim Industrial Estate, Velim, Balli, Fatorpa, Nessai, Carmona, Benaulim, Varca, Colva, and Navelim), as well as all 33KV and 110KV consumers at Verna Industrial Estate, a portion of Dharbandora taluka (Village panchayat Kirlapal-Dabal, Shigao-Collem, Mollem, and a portion of Ponda Taluka, village panchayat Panchawadi, and the Selaulim water works at Xelpem, would be impacted.
