Eight power substations in rural Gaya soon

GAYA: Eight new power substations are being set up in Bodh Gaya, Manpur, Khizarsarai, Banke Bazar and Wazirganj blocks of the district, South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited (SBPDCL) executive engineer (project) Balvir Prasad Bagish said.
While power supply will start from two substations at Mahkar (Khizarsarai) and Bakraur (Bodh Gaya) from July 20, the other six would be functional by the end of this year. The power substations are being set up at an estimate cost of Rs4 crore each under the Union government’s Deen Dayal Gram Jyoti Yojana and the state plan.
“Each substation would have two power transformers of five MVA each. One transformer can supply power to 50 transformers of 200 kVA each. The new substations are being set up to meet the increasing power requirements as every household has got a power connection in the villages. Every year, the load on transformers is increasing and infrastructure to meet the requirement has to be kept ready. Within the last three years, 24 new power substations have been set up across the district under Deen Dayal Jyoti Yojana and the state plan. Once the new substations become functional, the problem of low voltage and power cuts due to excess load would mitigate,” Bagish said.
The other power substations are being set up at Alipur and Bhore (Manpur), Sakardas Nawada and Tarwan (Wazirganj), Dhangain (Barachatti) and Karchoi (Banke Bazar). Those at Mahkar, Bakraur, Alipur and Sakardas Nawada are being set up under Deen Dayal Gram Jyoti Yojana and the remaining from the funds made available by the state government.
A consumer, Naresh Prasad of village Bela Khaneta in Belaganj block, said, “"There is only one power substation in our area, at Bela Parao Par. There is problem of low voltage in the area. An additional power substation is needed to mitigate the low voltage problem.”