Ranchi: The abandoned transmission tower, founded by the Abhijeet group between 2006 and 2012, collapsed on the direct transmission line in the early hours of Thursday, causing extortion of extends in Lohardaga and parts of the co-adjoining district of Ranchi.
Power supply since restored.
Power officials showed that the transmission tower and electrical channel overhead, was established by the Abhijeet Group to evacuate the strength of their upcoming hot power plants in Chandwa in Lelayat Regency, lying in a neglected state over the past few years and thieves have enjoyed virtual field days.
They have cut members of vital tower supporters, which finally caused the collapse of the tower on Thursday night.
They added that the tower and abandoned transmission lines that stretched from markwa in the Chatra District to Namkum in Ranchi Regency continued to pose public threats.
“When the tower collapsed, a heavy 400kv conductor fell on the direct transmission line Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Nigam Ltd.
(JUSNL), at the crossover point of the Abhijeet group and Jusnl lines, caused the power supply line to take.
JUSNL patrol parties Located at the accident site and restoration work taken immediately after that, “Mukesh Kumar Singh, General Manager of the Transmission Zone 1 of the state-owned Jusnl, told TII.
The location of the crash location is about 60 km from Lohardaga City and 5 km to 6 km from ITKI in Ranchi District.
The power supply to the railway that connects Ranchi and Tori is being fed through alternative sources from Gumla to ensure normal train operations.
“Jusnl does not have the authority needed to ensure the security of the transmission tower and power line that is not ours.
Our power system is fully automatic that allows us to identify errors and start rapid corrective actions,” K K Verma, Jusnl’s implementing director, told toi.
The source revealed that the Abhijeet group which is now dead has begun working on a 1080MW thermal power plant setting in Chandwa in the Lelayat district in 2006 after the company signed the MoU with Jharkhand Government.
All four units, each of the capacity of 270MW, has been assigned in 2013.
However, after coalgate fraud erupted in 2012, the Chittarpur coal block in Jharkhand, allocated to Abhijeet’s group, was abolished, really worked at all of the Chandawa power plant projects.
Officials said that since then, the transmission tower and electrical channels founded by companies for the evacuation of power from the proposed Chandwa power plant have been lying in the abandoned country.