Bescom to convert 1,900 transformers to single-pole structures in two years

To ensure public safety and to free footpaths of transformers, Bescom is converting traditional transformers into special single-pole structures.

Over the last three months, 881 transformers have been converted into single-pole structures.

Bescom intends to convert another 1,900 transformers across the city within the next two years.

“Since the transformer will now be placed high above the ground, the impact of any blast or explosion will be reduced to a great extent,” a senior Bescom official said.

In 2017, Bescom had taken up a similar project and converted 3,194 transformers into single-pole structures.